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Where are the Carriers, helos, CODs, etc? Heading to help with Haitian Relief effort!

HeyJoe

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100303-N-7508R-056 CARIBBEAN SEA (March 3, 2010) Big Kenny, a member of the country music duo Big and Rich, performs on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) as a way to thank the crew for their efforts during Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)
 
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100303-N-5961C-004 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (March 3, 2010) Musician Jimmy Buffet performs his song, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" for members of Joint Task Force Haiti at the U.S. Embassy as Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Hornsby-Myers and Cmdr. Dana Hall, both from the U.S. Public Health Service sing along. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Spike Call/Released)
 
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heyjoe said:
100303-N-7508R-056 CARIBBEAN SEA (March 3, 2010) Big Kenny, a member of the country music duo Big and Rich, performs on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) as a way to thank the crew for their efforts during Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)
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Why does it look like the Sierra guys are about to bum-rush the stage?

Alpha_Echo_606 said:
100303-N-5961C-004 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (March 3, 2010) Musician Jimmy Buffet performs his song, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" for members of Joint Task Force Haiti at the U.S. Embassy as Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Hornsby-Myers and Cmdr. Dana Hall, both from the U.S. Public Health Service sing along. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Spike Call/Released)
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If there isn't any other indication it's time for the Bataan (and Nassau if she's still there) to come home, this is it. So who got the "good deal" (rolls eyes) of flying Jimmy into LZ 6?
 
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100313-N-3165S-049 NORFOLK (March 13, 2010) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk following a seven-week deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to provide medical care in Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response. The Comfort surgical team performed more than 800 surgeries. Comfort will return to homeport in Baltimore after a short port visit in Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)

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heyjoe said:
100313-N-3165S-049 NORFOLK (March 13, 2010) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk following a seven-week deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to provide medical care in Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response. The Comfort surgical team performed more than 800 surgeries. Comfort will return to homeport in Baltimore after a short port visit in Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)
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Based on HA/DR and Forward Presence being stated as a core competencies in the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Sea Power, I wouldn’t be surprised to see both the COMFORT and MERCY deploying a lot more than they have in recent years.

These ships are a great asset and we should look into maybe further developing our capability to project ‘soft power’ by building (or converting) a couple more ships to give us 4 hospital ships.
 
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100313-N-9301W-084 MOOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (March 13, 2010) Two landing craft mechanized (LCM 8) carry vehicles to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) before its departure. Fort McHenry has returned from participating in Operation Unified Response by providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Darryl I. Wood/Released)

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HeyJoe

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phrogpilot73 said:
Geez, everyone's returned but PSW...
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Bataan's still anchoring the effort...and there's still Soccer Balls to be handed out:

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100312-N-7508R-031 GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (March 12, 2010) Sailors from the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) unload boxes of donated relief supplies from a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) in Grand Goave, Haiti. Bataan is supporting disaster relief efforts in Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Julio Rivera/Released)

..and visitors to host...

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100311-N-8655E-025 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (March 11, 2010) Brazilian army Maj. Gen. Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, force commander of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, salutes the sideboys as he departs the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) after a visit to meet the crew and tour the ship. Bataan is supporting Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelvin Edwards/Released)
 
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