1104039950J-278 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2011) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 picks up supplies from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) during a vertical replenishment with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), is operating off the coast of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. Navy

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