MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (Jan. 15, 2010) Dozens of pallets of meals-ready-to-eat sit in a staging area before being loaded onto the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and other ships of the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission during preparations for a disaster response effort for the nation of Haiti. Bataan departed Naval Station Norfolk Jan. 14, to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response in Haiti in the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. 100115-N-5345W-012 (USN)
