From Bridget Johnson, About.com
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit remove cargo nets from pallets of food, water and emergency supplies to aid cyclone victims delivered to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex on May 9, 2008, in the Gulf of Thailand.
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