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U.S. Navy sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson load water into an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter during humanitarian relief efforts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 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 sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson load water into an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter during humanitarian relief efforts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 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 sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson load water into an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter during humanitarian relief efforts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 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.

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