A radio operator with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit checks his equipment on board a CH-53 Super Stallion with VMM-365. Radio operators ensured instant, continuous communication to leaders while Marines and sailors conducted surveys of potential beach landing sites and airfields for upcoming humanitarian and disaster relief operations to assist the Republic of Haiti following Hurricane Matthew, a Category IV storm that passed through the area causing flooding, destroying vital infrastructure within the country and displacing Haitian local nationals.

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