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USS Kearsarge Brings Supplies to Haiti
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meeks speaks with Capt. Fernandez Frank Ponds, mission commander of Continuing Promise 2008, about hurricane relief efforts, Port Au Prince, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is the primary platform for Continuing Promise and has been diverted from the scheduled humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti. U.S. servicemembers embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, and Hatian volunteers unload food and supplies for delivery to areas affected by recent hurricanes, Port Au Prince, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge to drop off personnel supporting disaster relief efforts in areas affected by recent hurricanes, Port Au Prince, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. U.S. servicemembers embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge unload food and supplies for delivery to areas affected by recent hurricanes, Gonaives, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan, commander of the U.S. 4th Fleet, center right, helps U.S. servicemembers embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge unload food and supplies for delivery to areas affected by recent hurricanes, Gonaives, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. U.S. servicemembers embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge unload food and supplies for delivery to areas affected by recent hurricanes, Gonaives, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. U.S. servicemembers embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge unload food and supplies for delivery to areas affected by recent hurricanes, Gonaives, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008.
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meeks speaks with Capt. Fernandez Frank Ponds, mission commander of Continuing Promise 2008, about hurricane relief efforts, Port Au Prince, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is the primary platform for Continuing Promise and has been diverted from the scheduled humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Ernest Scott