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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) load supplies onto a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to be delivered to areas affected by recent hurricanes on Sept. 13, 2008. The Kearsarge was diverted from its scheduled deployment in support of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008 to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

U.S. Navy sailors load supplies.

U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) load supplies onto a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to be delivered to areas affected by recent hurricanes on Sept. 13, 2008. The Kearsarge was diverted from its scheduled deployment in support of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008 to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

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