US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Jeremy Arnott oversees flightdeck operations from Primary Flight Control area aboard the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) while underway on the Atlantic Ocean. The ship departed Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA) to join other military assets as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina to bring much-needed supplies and relief efforts to Gulf Coast states ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina Humanitarian Assistance Operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DoD)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Bradley Dawson, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/09/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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