A US Navy (USN) MH-60S KnightHawk helicopter conducts Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) operations with the Amphibious Assault Ship, USS BATAAN (LHD 5) while participating in humanitarian missions for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The USN is currently involved in Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA
Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jonathan Carmichael, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
navy
usn
mh
knighthawk
helicopter
s knighthawk helicopter
vertical
replenishment
vertical replenishment
vertrep
operations
ship
amphibious assault ship
uss
bataan
uss bataan
lhd
missions
victims
hurricane
katrina
hurricane katrina
assistance
assistance operations
emergency
federal emergency management agency
fema
conjunction
dod
us navy ships
united states ships
department of defense
federal agencies
us navy
high resolution
mh 60 s knighthawk helicopter
ph 2 jonathan carmichael
joint task
military aircraft
us national archives
Date
10/09/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions