NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines serving in the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group are shipping off on a seven-month deployment.
Navy officials said the USS Mesa Verde deployed Saturday from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story, with the USS Carter Hall deploying from Nation Station Norfolk.
The USS Bataan itself deployed on Wednesday morning from Naval Station Norfolk.
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Crews will conduct a seven-month deployment in support of maritime security operations crisis response, theater security cooperation, and provide a forward naval presence in Europe and the Middle East.
The ship will meet the USS Mesa Verde and USS Carter Hall in the Atlantic. The Mesa Verde and Hall are picking up Marine's in North Carolina.
