Haitian woman with life-threatening injuries is medically evacuated

BONEL, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) A Haitian woman with life-threatening injuries is medically evacuated to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is on station in Haiti along with the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50). The ships are part of the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission supporting Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the island nation on Jan. 12, 2010. 10HE0119-N-5244H-036 (USN)