Photo Essays
Preparing Aid for Burmese Victims of Cyclone Nargis
A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter prepares to transport pallets of supplies for Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis from USNS Walter S. Diehl to USS Essex, May 9, 2008. USS Essex pulls alongside USNS Walter S. Diehl, May 9, 2008, for a replenishment at sea during efforts to supply humanitarian aid to the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis.A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter lowers pallets of supplies onto the flight deck of USS Essex, May 9, 2008, during a replenishment at sea with USNS Walter S. Diehl.U.S Navy Seaman Recruit Teresa Bakkar, a culinary specialist, places water apples from Thailand on the mess deck aboard USS Essex before dinner, May 11, 2008. U.S. Navy Seaman Daniel Diem uses a heat gun to remove bits of plastic from a plastic waste processor aboard USS Essex, May 11, 2008. Diem is a boatswain's mate. U.S. Marines load 16-liter water bladders into boxes on board USS Essex, May 11, 2008. U.S. Marines and sailors fill five-gallon water bladders on board the amphibious assault ship USS Essex while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 16, 2008, to support disaster relief efforts for the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis. U.S. Navy sailors Cory Patterson and Bernard Paje repair a water jacket used to chill potable water on a landing craft utility in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 16, 2008. Patterson is an engineman/fireman and Paje is an engineman.U.S. Marines chain down a tactical water purification system aboard USS Harpers Ferry, May 12, 2008, to prepare to provide humanitarian assistance to Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis. The system can provide approximately 900 to 1,500 gallons of potable water per hour. U.S. sailors and Marines aboard the USS Essex fill boxes with 16-liter water bladders to prepare for possible humanitarian assistance, May 16, 2008. U.S. airmen prepare humanitarian relief supplies in Utapao, Thailand, May 16, 2008, for shipment to Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. About 45 members deployed with the 36th Contingency Response Squadron to provide assistance with aid and recovery. U.S. Navy Airman Chand Lindsey guides in a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 16, 2008. Lindsey is an aviation boatswain's mate.U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alan Bundoc replaces a cap on a 16-liter water bladder aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex to prepare to deliver humanitarian aid to the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis, May 16, 2008. U.S. Marines and sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex fill 16-liter water bladders to prepare to deliver humanitarian aid to the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis, May 16, 2008. How Hwee Young, a Euro Press Photo Agency reporter, photographs Marines and sailors working together aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex as they prepare to deliver humanitarian aid to the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis, May 16, 2008.
A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter prepares to transport pallets of supplies for Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis from USNS Walter S. Diehl to USS Essex, May 9, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Audrey M. Graham