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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transfer supplies to the ship from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 15 in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 13, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 have received orders from U.S. Southern Command to provide humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean nation of Haiti, following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Jan. 12, 2010.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transfer supplies to the ship from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 15 in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 13, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 have received orders from U.S. Southern Command to provide humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean nation of Haiti, following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Jan. 12, 2010.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transfer supplies to the ship from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 15 in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 13, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 have received orders from U.S. Southern Command to provide humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean nation of Haiti, following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Jan. 12, 2010.

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