Great East Japan Earthquake
U.S. Military Transports Ground Forces
TOMAKOMAI KO, Japan (March 16, 2011) Sailors secure Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1627 before driving Japan Ground Self-Defense Force trucks and humanitarian supplies onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga is transporting the equipment to support Operation Tomodachi, a humanitarian assistance mission in the aftermath of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (Photo by U.S. Navy/AFLO) [0006]