Keywords: US Navy 110331-N-8607R-110 Col. Andrew MacMannis discusses humanitarian assistance operations with Lt. Gen. Eiji Kimizuka aboard USS Essex (LHD 2).jpg en PACIFIC OCEAN March 31 2011 Col Andrew MacMannis commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st MEU discusses humanitarian assistance operations with Lt Gen Eiji Kimizuka commanding general of Joint Task Force Tohoko aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 Essex and the embarked 31st MEU is operating off the coast of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released 2011-03-31 110331-N-8607R-110 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 99358 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 Operation Tomodachi in March 2011 Eiji Kimizuka |