NEW YORK (Nov. 13, 2016) – From left to right Capt. Joseph R. O’Brien, executive officer USS Iwo Jima, Loree Sutton, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Veteran’s Affairs and a retired Army Brig. Gen., Rear. Adm. Roy I. Kitchener, commander Expeditionary Strike Group Two, Capt. James R. Midkiff, commanding officer USS Iwo Jima, stand at attention while colors are passed during a reception ceremony aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). The ship recently returned from the humanitarian assistance mission to Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew

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