USS Iwo Jima approaches Haiti behind Hurricane Tomas

Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip A. Poole measures wind readings with a hand-held anemometer on board the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima departed Paramaribo, Suriname, on Nov. 1 and is currently en-route to Haiti in preparation of the possibility of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Government of Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. Tomas is forecasted to make landfall in Haiti late Nov. 5. (U.S. Navy Photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Kuykendall)

The CH-46E helicopters sit securely tied down to the flight deck the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima departed Paramaribo, Suriname, on Nov. 1, 2010 and is currently en-route to Haiti in preparation of the possibility of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the government of Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. Tomas is forecasted to make landfall in Haiti late Nov. 5. (U.S. Navy Photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Kuykendall)