Keywords: US Navy 110328-N-9950J-326 Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class John Childers, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), donates.jpg en PACIFIC OCEAN March 28 2011 Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class John Childers assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 donates items to be delivered to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga DDH 181 and distributed to residents of Japan displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami Essex and embarked members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st MEU are operating off the coast of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan supporting Operation Tomodachi U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released 2011-03-28 110328-N-9950J-326 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 99176 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 Operation Tomodachi in March 2011 |