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Caption:
New Orleans (Sept. 3, 2005) -- U.S. Air Force personnel and U.S. Navy
air crewmen, assigned to the “Black Hawks” of Helicopter
Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15), direct Hurricane Katrina
survivors from the back ramp of an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter at the
New Orleans International Airport. HM-15 is conducting relief
operations from the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) in the
Gulf of Mexico. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina
humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of
Defense. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Pedro A.
Rodriguez (RELEASED)
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