Operation Tomodachi: USS Essex Humanitarian Aid Mission

MISAWA, JAPAN

03.29.2011

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Multiple U.S. Marine CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), aboard the flight deck of the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2), prepare for humanitarian aid/disaster relief mission to Misawa, Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. The 31st MEU's involvement is part of a larger U.S. government response, after a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan causing wide spread damage. The 31st MEU is ready to support our Japanese partners and to provide assistance when called upon. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Chance M. Hiser).

• Date Taken: 03.29.2011
• Date Posted: 01.21.2015 03:06
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 387360
• VIRIN: 110329-M-CY203-001
• Filename: DOD_102186312
• Length: 00:03:37
• Location: MISAWA, JP