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U.S. sailors move pallets of supplies into the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a replenishment at sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 17, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is preparing to support a humanitarian assistance tasking in Burma in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis.

SUSTENANCE FOR BURMA

U.S. sailors move pallets of supplies into the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a replenishment at sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 17, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is preparing to support a humanitarian assistance tasking in Burma in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis.

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