Where are the Carriers, helos, CODs, etc? Heading to help with Haitian Relief effort!

[HeyJoe]

[100119-N-5345W-146 BONEL, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) Sailors assigned to Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2, part of the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission, establish an operating base at New Hope Mission in Bonel, Haiti for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps humanitarian relief forces. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) is on station in Haiti with the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint humanitarian assistance mission to Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson/Released)

100119-N-6006S-037 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2009) Medical staff aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) monitor the vital signs of a Haitian boy injured in an earthquake. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aaron Shelley/Released)

100119-N-4995K-125 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2010) Medical professionals aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) treat a six-year-old Haitian boy in the casualty receiving room aboard the 1,000-bed hospital ship. The boy transferred to Comfort by helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) for treatment for an injury to his bladder and a hip fracture during an earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan 12. The boy is in the intensive care unit aboard Comfort in stable condition. Comfort is supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance to Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Kennedy/Released)

100119-N-1831S-076 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) A 70-year-old Haitian woman arrives aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) following a medical evacuation. The 70-year-old woman was freed from a collapsed building Jan. 19, after being trapped under rubble for seven days. Bataan is supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ash Severe/Released)

100119-N-3165S-187 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) Medical personnel from the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) provide medical care to a woman airlifted to Bataan from a small village in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bataan is supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the island nation Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100119-N-2000D-039 CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 19, 2010) Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) load supplies and equipment aboard Landing Craft Unit (LCU) 1664). The craft is assigned to Amphibious Craft Unit 2 and is embarked aboard Carter Hall supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the island nation Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hendrick L. Dickson/Released)

100119-N-2000D-035 CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 19, 2010) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) load meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) in the claw of a bulldozer to transport ashore to earthquake victims. Carter Hall is supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the island nation Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hendrick L. Dickson/Released)

100119-N-2000D-021 CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 19, 2010) A U.S. Navy landing craft unit transports supplies and equipment in support of Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the island nation Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hendrick L. Dickson/Released)

100119-N-7653W-525 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2009) A bulldozer from Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2 based in Little Creek, Va. and embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), is used to transport supplies to the shore in Port-Au Prince, Haiti. Fort McHenry is participating in Operation Unified Response to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justan Williams/Released)

100119-N-1134L-160 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2009) Brian Crowder, a civilian structural engineer employed by Naval Facilities Atlantic, assess the structural integrity of a bridge after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake damaged the port in Port-au-Prince Haiti on Jan. 12. A U.S. Navy and Army joint-service dive task force is assessing the damage to port facilities for possible repair as part of the humanitarian and disaster relief to Haiti, Operation Unified Response. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Lussier/Released)

 

[phrogpilot73]

24 MEU is embarked on the Nassau ARG, and is headed towards Haiti as well.

 

[HeyJoe]

24 MEU is embarked on the Nassau ARG, and is headed towards Haiti as well.

100118-N-6764G-076 NORFOLK (Jan. 18, 2010) 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Goodwin/Released)

100118-N-9806M-065 NORFOLK (Jan. 18, 2010) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) deploys as part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Rafael Martie/Released)

100118-N-6764G-102 NORFOLK (Jan. 18, 2010) The amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) deploys as part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Goodwin/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100119-N-6676S-006 KILLICK, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter leaves the soccer field at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base to transport earthquake victims for further treatment at a different facility. The U.S. Armed Forces are assisting with relief and humanitarian efforts for Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Stratton/Released)

100119-N-7508R-025 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Squadron (HSC) 22 carries relief supplies to an area near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bataan, along with the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), is participating in Operation Unified Response, providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)

100120-N-0727M-016 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) A Haitian woman carries her infant son aboard an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 during a medical evacuation to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). The child was born Jan. 16 aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma (WMEC 908) while his mother was being medically evacuated from Haiti. Tahoma and Comfort are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Troy D. Miller/Released)

 

[Uncle Fester]

I'd heard the story of the baby boy born aboard Tahoma. Wonder if anyone's let the mother know that being born aboard an American warship makes her son an American citizen.

 

[PropAddict]

^^^^Puts a new slant on the phrase "Anchor Baby."

 

[HeyJoe]

100120-N-1240O-414 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) manuevers off the coast of Haiti. The hospital ship is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to the island on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Olberholtzen/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100120-N-7508R-069 BAIE DEGRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Flight deck crew members aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) escort a Haitian woman from a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk to the ship's flight deck triage area for immediate medical attention. The woman was one of 19 Haitians brought aboard Bataan during a mass medical evacuation from various areas around Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)

100120-N-7508R-014 BAIE DEGRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) An air crewman assigned to Helicopter Sea Squadron (HSC) 22 carries a Haitian child to the flight deck triage area aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during a mass casualty environment. The child was one of 19 Haitians brought aboard Bataan during a mass medical evacuation from various areas around Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)

100120-N-7508R-213 BAIE DEGRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Fight deck crew members aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) carry a Haitian woman to the ship's flight deck triage for immediate medical treatment. The woman was one of 19 Haitians brought aboard Bataan during a mass medical evacuation from various areas around Port-au-Prince. {U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)

100120-N-7508R-099 BAIE DEGRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Marines assigned to the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) carry a Haitian man to the ship's flight deck triage for immediate medical treatment. The man was one of 19 Haitians brought aboard Bataan during a mass medical evacuation from various areas around Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)

100120-N-5345W-050 BAIE DEGRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Stretcher bearers aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transfer an injured Haitian woman from main triage to the intensive care unit after medical personnel administered primary care and assessed the extent of her injuries. The woman was one of 19 Haitians brought aboard Bataan during a mass medical evacuation from various areas around Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson/Released)

100120-N-5345W-013 BAIE DEGRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Medical personnel aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) administer care to an injured Haitian man in the ship's medical triage. The man was one of 19 Haitians brought aboard during a mass medical evacuation from various areas around Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100119-A-7842H-012 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 19, 2010) Pallets of water and tents wait to be loaded into nearby C-2 Greyhound aircraft at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The relief supplies are headed to Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Hillegass/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100120-N-3165S-218 BONEL, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Military personnel and vehicles sit at the New Hope Mission preparing the landing zone to operations to assist in the flow of relief supplies ashore. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan is participating in Operation Unified Response and are providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)

100120-N-3165S-084 BAIE DE GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Members of a Haiti village hold up a United States flag during a reconnaissance flight to assess the damage from the 6.1 magnitude aftershock. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan is participating in Operation Unified Response and are providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)

100119-N-6266K-020 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) Hundreds of displaced Haitians live in make-shift homes outside Gheskio Field Hospital, located on Quisqueya University grounds, where International Medical Surgery Response Team (IMSuRT) technicians are providing emergency medical attention to Haitians following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. The IMSuRT team is a national organization combining medical professionals from Boston and Seattle. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Lee Kelsey/Released)

100118-N-1134L-274 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 18, 2010) Members of the Army's 544th Engineer Dive Team prepare to conduct underwater pier inspections of the damaged sections of the port in Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. A U.S. Navy and Army joint-service dive task force is assessing the damage to port facilities for possible repair as part of the humanitarian and disaster relief to Haiti, Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Lussier/Released)

 

[Birdog8585]

http://www.enctoday.com/news/haiti-60725-nbsj-24th-joins.html

Osprey inbound with the 24th. Eat your heart out Congressman Towns.:smile_pur

 

[HeyJoe]

100120-N-4774B-154 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) An aerial view of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti shows U.S. Navy helicopters from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) staging to deliver humanitarian supplies. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, along with other military assets, are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

100120-N-4774B-081 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is seen off the coast of Haiti. Comfort is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

100120-N-1240O-070 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) U.S. Army soldiers load water and humanitarian supplies into an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 11 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) for distribution to Haitians affected by the recent earthquake. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, along with other military assets, are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Oberholtzer/Released)

100120-M-8752R-034 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) is seen off the coast of Haiti as a landing craft unit brings Marines and supplies from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) to Leogane, Haiti. Carter Hall and the 22nd MEU are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Released)

100120-N-4774B-475 JACMEL, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Haitian citizens stack water unloaded from an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, along with other military assets, are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

100120-M-8752R-031 LEOGANE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) A landing craft unit from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) delivers humanitarian aid and supplies at a compound outside Leogane, Haiti. Carter Hall and the 22nd MEU are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100120-N-1240O-066 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), transports water and supplies from the airport to areas around Port-au-Prince. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, along with other military assets, are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Oberholtzer/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100120-N-3165S-329 BAIE DE GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits off the coast of Haiti while conducting flight operations supporting relief efforts on the ground. Bataan, along with amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) are participating in Operation Unified Response and are providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)