I was priveledged enough to be taken on a tour of Marine Base Camp Pendleton in California in 2010. One of the things I saw was the LCAC base. While we couldn't get close enough to the LCACs to take any meaningful pics, I spotted this fire tender parked at the edge of the apron. It was so full of character, I immediately wanted to build a model of it. If I ever get around to it, you'll see it on Grubby Fingers in the Scale Modelling section!