Preparing to aid Burma

GULF OF THAILAND (May 9,2008) Sailors aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) move pallets of food, water and supplies from the ship’s flight deck into the hangar bay. The amphibious assault ship with USS Juneau (LPD 10), USS Harpers Ferry (LPD 49) and USS Mustin (DDG 89) were ordered to get underway and move to the Andaman Sea, off the coast of Myanmar, for potential humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of cyclone Nargis. U.S. Navy video (RELEASED)