Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Michael Hagee, recognizes selected Marines for their sustained superior performance during a ceremony on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are on a regularly scheduled deployment and are currently conducting Maritime Security Operations in the Persian Gulf.

U.S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Sarah E. Ard

Biloxi, Miss. - U.S. Navy Chief Selectee Aviation Boatswain's Mate Brian Wilson, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), prepares breakfast for survivors of Hurricane Katrina at Biloxi High School in Biloxi, Miss. Biloxi High School is serving as a shelter and medical facility for hundreds of Biloxi citizens.

U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Carmichael

U.S. Marine Sgt. Kim Dewerff, assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds his daughter prior to leaving on a Western Pacific deployment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1).

The 13th MEU is deploying with Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tony Spiker

Maj. Timothy A. Doherty, from the 148th Medical Company, Georgia Army National Guard, helps a man up from a school building near downtown New Orleans.

The man was stranded by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Katrina.

by Brien Aho
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army