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| Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide for Pecos Country of West Texas Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Garcia assigned to assault ship Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesus Garcia, son of Hilario C. Garcia, of Pecos, recently moved more than 2,200 Marines and equipment from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to Kuwait while assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, based in Norfolk, Va. Garcia is one of more than 4,000 Atlantic Fleet Sailors and Marines deployed aboard the ships of the USS Nassau Amphibious Ready Group participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The USS Nassau has been deployed for more than seven months. During this deployment, Garcia's ship participated in training, humanitarian and peace support operations in Spain, Italy, Kosovo, Kenya and Djibouti, Africa. USS Nassau supports amphibious operations using Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCAC), which are specially designed hovercraft that deliver vehicles and equipment to the beach. The ship also has conventional landing craft and helicopters embarked, and is equipped with medical facilities staffed by Navy doctors, dentists, nurses and corpsmen. Garcia is a 1999 graduate of Madison County High School of Madison, Fla. and joined the Navy in March 2000. Search Entire Site: Pecos Enterprise York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc. 324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772 Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321 e-mail news@pecos.net Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Copyright 2003 by Pecos Enterprise