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Caption:
Leyte Gulf (Feb. 20, 2006) -- U.S. Marines from 31st Marine
Expeditionary Unit (31MEU) board a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to the
"Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262), on
the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD
2). More than 200 Marines are being airlifted to the Municipality
of Saint Bernard, Republic of the Philippines, to assist with
humanitarian assistance and recovery efforts, following a Feb. 17
landslide which devastated the town of Guinsahugon located in the
southern part of the island. Essex along with the dock landing
ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) are part of the Forward Deployed
Amphibious Ready Group, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious
force, homeported in Sasebo, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's
Mate Third Class Marvin Thompson (RELEASED)
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