Tag Archives: USS Iwo Jima

Members of the Florida National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package conduct search and rescue missions in St. Augustine, Oct. 7, 2016. Florida National Guard photo

DoD’s Hurricane Matthew Rescue, Recovery Efforts In Tweets

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Katie Lange

Hurricane Matthew has done a lot of damage in the U.S. and the Caribbean. See some of the best tweets on how our troops helped in this time of need.
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10 Years Later, Katrina Rescuers Reflect on Relief Efforts

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Katie Lange

Memories of Hurricane Katrina are still strong a decade later. Three service members who were part of the relief effort reflect on all that happened.
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Photo: 121220-N-YC845-094 NORFOLK (Dec. 20, 2012) Logistics Specialist 1st Class Courtney Weed, assigned to USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), greets her family during a homecoming celebration. The multipurpose amphibious assault ship returned to Naval Station Norfolk following a regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. The homecoming marks the end of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group's deployment, where its ships supported Operation Enduring Freedom, Exercises African Lion, Eager Lion and International Mine Countermeasure Exercise 2012, and conducted maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the Mediterranean and Arabian Seas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie Matyascik/Released)

Worth A Thousand Words: Ear To Ear Smiles

Posted on January 4, 2013 by bniegel

Logistics Specialist 1st Class Courtney Weed, assigned to USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), greets her family during a homecoming celebration.
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Photo: Lt. Andrew J. Hoppe, ship's dental officer, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rashad Thompson perform a teeth cleaning in the dental ward aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima and the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan L. Correa/Released)

Worth A Thousand Words: Have You Been Flossing?

Posted on October 1, 2012 by bniegel

Lt. Andrew J. Hoppe, ship’s dental officer, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rashad Thompson perform a teeth cleaning in the dental ward aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima and the embarked 24th …
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DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Humanitarian Support Efforts in Haiti

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Administrator

We recently held a DoDlive Bloggers Roundtable with Capt. Thomas Negus, commodore, Continuing Promise 2010, on Friday, Nov. 5. Capt. Negus  discussed how the Continuing Promise 2010 mission aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is prepared to provide support, …
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