Posted 1/29/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 27, 2010) Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Batman (LHD 5), live in a tent-city while providing support during Operation Unified Response. Bataan, along with amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), is supporting Operation Unified Response and is providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class W. B. Swoboda)