Keywords: Relief Efforts DVIDS72824.jpg en Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and Bangladesh army soldiers offload bags of fresh water from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge and the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit 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 special operations capable https //www dvidshub net/image/72824 071127-N-+++++-061 2008-01-15 17 27 SHORONKHOLA BD PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Agency for International Development 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |