Keywords: US Navy 071127-N-1831S-215 Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) move boxes of water to the hangar bay elevator so they can load them onto helicopters.jpg en BAY OF BENGAL Nov 26 2007 Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge LHD 3 move boxes of water to the hangar bay elevator so they can load them onto helicopters Kearsarge and 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 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ash Severe Released 2007-11-26 071127-N-1831S-215 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 53189 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ash Severe PD-USGov-Military-Navy Cyclone Sidr Images from US Navy location Bay of Bengal Aboard USS Kearsarge LHD-3 |