Keywords: Relief Efforts DVIDS72817.jpg en Local residents assist in unloading relief supplies from a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge LHD 3 and the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit special operations capable are conducting humanitarian assistance/disaster relief efforts in response to the government of Bangladesh's request for assistance after Tropical Cyclone Sidr struck their southern coast The storm killed over 3 000 people and has left several hundred thousand homeless The Department of Defense effort is part of a larger United States response coordinated by the U S Department of State and U S Agency for International Development 2007-11-27 Petty Officer 2nd Class William Parker https //www dvidshub net/image/72817 071127-N-+++++-139 2008-01-15 17 23 DOBLARCHAR BD PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Agency for International Development 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Kearsarge LHD-3 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |