Road clearing trucks en route during Operation Damayan

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Mathew Waddel, from Umatilla, Oregon, load master for Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, directs the loading of a seven-ton truck aboard a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). The LCAC will deploy to USS Ashland (LSD 48) which is heading to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in support of Operation Damayan. The seven-ton trucks will be used to clear roads and ease the transportation of relief supplies into affected areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Allen Onstott/RELEASED)