Keywords: US Navy 110318-N-8607R-013 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) load humanitarian assistance supplies onto a CH-46E Se.jpg en SEA OF JAPAN March 18 2011 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st MEU load humanitarian assistance supplies onto a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 Essex the amphibious dock landing ships USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 and USS Germantown LSD 42 with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st MEU are off the coast of Akita Prefecture Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released 2011-03-18 110318-N-8607R-013 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 98612 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 Operation Tomodachi in March 2011 |