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A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) operates next to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) off the coast of Haiti.

A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) operates next to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) off the coast of Haiti.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 03, 2010) A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) operates next to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) off the coast of Haiti. Nassau is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patrick Gordon) File# 100203-N-8936G-033

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03/02/2010 - 03/02/2010

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Family members of Lt. Scott Moak, the hangar bay officer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), wave goodbye as Nassau pulls away from the pier.

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Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) are transported by Landing Craft Unit 1645 (LCU 1645) to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4).

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Aviation boatswain's mate handlers prepare to chock and chain a MV-22 Osprey during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4).

Airman Erin Williams, from Odon, Ind., tows a CH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter across the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4).

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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine (left), Kilo Company (K Co), 1ST Platoon (PLT), 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (3/8th MAR), frisks a male suspect as a Haitian National Police (HNP) Officer (second from left) provides security during a joint raid against an apartment complex, located in Port-au-Prince Haiti (HTI), which is believed to be the source of sporadic gunfire the Marines have received since they have arrived in Port-au-Prince. All male residents are frisked by a joint US / Haitian team as other teams search each apartment looking for weapons

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The helicopter flight crew unloads food and supplies from a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

An air crew member surveys the Haitian geography before landing and dropping off supplies.

Adm. James Stravidis, commander of U.S. Southern Command, boards Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), which is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.

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President George Bush stands at the podium as he makes some remarks during his visit to the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). The president is paying Thanksgiving Day visits to U.S. military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield. Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas is on the platform at right

President George Bush looks in the cockpit of a Marine Attack Squadron 331 (VMA-331) AV-8B Harrier aircraft during his visit to the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). The president is paying Thanksgiving Day visits to U.S. military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield

Supplies are unloaded from an H-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4)

The families and friends of sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4), left background, walk through the rain to meet the ship as it arrives at the pier. The NASSAU is returning to Norfolk after nearly eight months on deployment, during which time the ship's sailors and embarked Marines were involved in Operation Sharp Edge in Liberia and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf region

Two sailors watch from a catwalk as a utility landing craft loaded with Marines backs out of the well deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) while the ship lies at anchor off the coast of North Carolina. The Marines are departing the NASSAU after beinbg deployed aboard the ship for nearly eight months. During that time, the sailors and Marines of the NASSAU were involved in Operation Sharp Edge in Liberia and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf region

Flight deck crewmen acting as side boys stand at attention as President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, arrive aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). The president and his wife are paying Thanksgiving Day visits to U.S. military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield

An aerial bow view of the fleet oiler USS PLATTE (AO-186), center, participating in an underway replenishment operation with the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4), right. The amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) is in the background

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