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USS BATAAN IS BUSY MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS CLASSIC BASKETBALL GAME,
SET FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9TH, IN WHICH THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOYAS WILL TAKE ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GATORS. BATAAN'S COMMANDING OFFICER SPOKE ABOUT WHAT THE SHIP AND ITS
" THIS SHIP WAS BUILT AND COMMISSIONED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES WAR... MARINE CORPS
AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL MISSIONS THAT COMME OUR WAY THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM THE HIGH END
OF COMBAT OPERATIONS PUTTING MARINES ASHARE IN TRADITIONAL AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS OR RAIDS
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. IT'S THE FIFTH IN A CLASS OF SHIPS, THE WASP
CLASS AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP. MULTI-PURPOSE, MULTI-CAPABLE SHIP AND MULTI-OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES
ON THIS SHIP ARE ESSENTIALLY THE FLIGHT DECK, WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT A WIDE VARIETY OD AIRCRAFT
INCLUDING VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING JETS, HARRIERS AND ALSO HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTERS CH
53S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO COBRAS AND OF COURSE THE MV 22 OSPREY WHICH IS A VERY CAPABLE AND
VERSATILE AIRCRAFT AND THAT PROVIDE US INCREASED RANGE AND FLEXIBILITY TO GET THE MARINES ASHORE
WHEREVER WE NEED THEM TO GO "
THE HOYAS' HEAD COACH, JOHN THOMPSON THE THIRD SAID PLAYING THEIR OPENING GAME ABOARD A U-S
NAVY WARSHIP IS AN IMMEASUREABLE HONOR.
"I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND HOPEFULLY ONCE THIS WEEKEND IS OVER OR ONCE THIS EVENT
IS OVER THEY HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF HW TRULY APPRECIATIVE NOT ONLY JOHN THOMPSON
AND GEORGETOWN BASKETBALL BUT OUR WHOLE INSTITUTION IS TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THEY
DO WE'RE FORTUNATE AND PROUD TO COME PLAY A GAME ON THE SHIP AND IT'S SIMPLE JUST THANK
YOU "
TO WATCH THE GAME, CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS FOR STATIONS AND AIR TIMES. FROM THE DEFENSE
MEDIA ACTIVITY, I'M PETTY OFFICER ASHLEY HEDRICK.