Navy Petty Officers 2nd Class Dave Matthews and Justin Garrett sit behind bags of rice in an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter en route to tsunami victims on the island of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, on Jan. 7, 2005. The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are operating in the Indian Ocean off the coasts of Indonesia and Thailand in support of Operation Unified Assistance. Matthews and Garrett are Navy Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems Operators from Helicopter Anti Submarine Squadron 2.

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