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U.S. Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) wait for a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to land so they can load it with containers of water on Jan. 11, 2005. Helicopters from Carrier Air Wing 2 and sailors from the Lincoln are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami.

U.S. Navy sailors wait for a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to land.

U.S. Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) wait for a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to land so they can load it with containers of water on Jan. 11, 2005. Helicopters from Carrier Air Wing 2 and sailors from the Lincoln are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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