110316-N-2348B-009 SEA OF JAPAN (March 16, 2011) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) prepare to receive Japan Ground Self-Defense Force trucks carrying humanitarian supplies from a landing craft utility (LCU). Tortuga is transporting the equipment to support Operation Tomodachi, a humanitarian assistance mission in the aftermath of a magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Bourque/Released) US Navy 110316-N-2348B-009 Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) prep

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110316-N-2348B-009 SEA OF JAPAN (March 16, 2011) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) prepare to receive Japan Ground Self-Defense Force trucks carrying humanitarian supplies from a landing craft utility (LCU). Tortuga is transporting the equipment to support Operation Tomodachi, a humanitarian assistance mission in the aftermath of a magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Bourque/Released) US Navy 110316-N-2348B-009 Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) prepare to receive Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

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