050203-N-4166B-130 Indian Ocean (CVN-72) (Feb. 03, 2005) Ð Commander Combined Support Forces Indonesia, Lt. Gen. Blackman, answers questions from the media, after speaking to sailors of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) about the important role they played in the disaster relief effort in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated the region. For the past month, helicopters assigned to CVW-2 and sailors from the Abraham Lincoln CSG have been supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of


050203-N-4166B-130 Indian Ocean (CVN-72) (Feb. 03, 2005) Ð Commander Combined Support Forces Indonesia, Lt. Gen. Blackman, answers questions from the media, after speaking to sailors of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) about the important role they played in the disaster relief effort in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated the region. For the past month, helicopters assigned to CVW-2 and sailors from the Abraham Lincoln CSG have been supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Jordon R. Beesley (RELEASED) US Navy 050203-N-4166B-130 Commander Combined Support Forces Indonesia, Lt. Gen. Blackman, answers questions from the media, after speaking to sailors of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2)


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