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 [...]
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort conducts humanitarian assistance operations near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Comfort is supporting Operation Unified Response following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that caused severe damage in Haiti, Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist J. L. Chirrick/Released)
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Members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team, from Fairfax, Va., conduct a rescue operation at the Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 14, 2010. The all-volunteer service partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development and multinational relief agencies to support the massive relief efforts needed in the aftermath of the Jan. [...]
