Keywords: US Navy 060219-N-2970T-049 U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31MEU) board a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to the Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262) on the flight deck aboard USS Es.jpg en Off the coast of Southern Leyte Republic of the Philippines Feb 19 2006 U S Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31MEU board a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to the Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 HMM-262 on the flight deck aboard USS Essex LHD 2 The Marines are going ashore to assist with the relief efforts for the victims of the Feb 17 landslide in the region HMM-262 is part of the Marine Air Combat Element embarked aboard Essex Essex and USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 are providing humanitarian assistance for the victims of a devastating landslide Both ships are part of the U S Navy s only Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group ARG homeported in Sasebo Japan U S U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate Third Class Marvin Thompson RELEASED 2006-02-19 060219-N-2970T-049 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 32077 U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate Third Class Marvin Thompson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Off the coast of Southern Leyte Republic of the Philippines CH-46 US Marine Corps |