Monday, September 5, 2011

USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1)

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 transfers cargo from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) during an underway replenishment. Comfort is deployed supporting Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic/Released)

USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is anchored off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric C. Tretter/Released)

USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort deployed as the primary platform for Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian Goodwin/Released)

HMCS Vancouver (FFH331)

HMCS Vancouver transits the Strait of Gibraltar and enters the Mediterranean Sea on the 16 August 2011. HMCS Vancouver departed Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt on 10 July 2011 to replace HMCS Charlottetown in the Mediterranean Sea for Operation Mobile. Under authority of the United Nations Security Resolution 1973 HMCS Vancouver together with Canada's NATO partners is enforcing an arms embargo and taking actions to protect civilians in Libya as part of Operation Unified Protector. HMCS Vancouver's presence demonstrates Canada's willingness and ability to assist in North Africa by creating a sustained maritime presence in the region while providing a range of readily deployable capabilities to the Government of Canada. (Photo by: Corporal (Cpl) Brandon O'Connell, MARPAC Imaging Services, Esquimalt)