A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle, assigned to USS Bonhomme Richard and Expeditionary Strike Group Five, skims over the Indian Ocean en route to deliver much needed materials and supplies to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia on January 11/ 2005. The LCACs are capable of transporting more supplies than helicopters in a single trip. The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand supplying humanitarian aid in the wake of the tsunami that struck South East Asia. (UPI Photo/Jerry Woller/Navy) .