Keywords: Relief Efforts DVIDS72847.jpg en Local residents wait for bags of fresh water at the back of a U S Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 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 2007-11-28 LHD 3 https //www dvidshub net/image/72847 071128-N-+++++-062 2008-01-15 17 40 DOBLARCHAR BD PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Agency for International Development 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |