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U.S. Navy Ensign Christopher Loper, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, offloads food from a Super Stallion helicopter to provide disaster relief to citizens of Haiti, Sept. 8, 2008. The USS Keasrarge was diverted from Continuing Promise 2008, a humanitarian mission in the western Caribbean, to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

KEARSARGE AID

U.S. Navy Ensign Christopher Loper, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, offloads food from a Super Stallion helicopter to provide disaster relief to citizens of Haiti, Sept. 8, 2008. The USS Keasrarge was diverted from Continuing Promise 2008, a humanitarian mission in the western Caribbean, to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

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