Keywords: US Navy 070414-N-4790M-005 U.S. Navy helps distribute food in the Solomon Islands.jpg en GIZO Solomon Islands April 14 2007 Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician 1st Class Christopher A Holt assigned to the Warhawks of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron HS 10 Expeditionary Sea Command Unit ESCU 1 loads a U S Navy HH-60H Seahawk with rice for delivery to outlying islands HS-10 is embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command MSC roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Stockham T-AK 3017 and is assisting the Solomon Islands with humanitarian assistance operations led by the U S Department of State and non-governmental organizations On April 2 an 8 1 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the Solomon Islands causing casualties and significant damage USNS Stockham is one of 16 Maritime Pre-Positioning Ships belonging to the MSC Pre-Positioning Program The U S Navy is responding to a specific request on the part of the U S ambassador to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Meyers RELEASED 2007-04-14 070414-N-4790M-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 45076 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Meyers PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy in Gizo Solomon Islands HH-60H Rescue Hawk |