11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, GULF COAST

The Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's had just settled into a long Labor Day weekend when they got the call to mount up and left in waves a few days later for a disaster stricken land.

It wasn't in Iraq, Africa or any other far corner of the world. No, they went off to provide relief and humanitarian assistance for the part of their homeland that was struck recently by Hurricane Katrina.

These photos are the work of military photographers assigned to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard who are covering the military response to this disaster scene.




Navy Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmer Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 1st Class1 Scott Chun secures a victim of Hurricane Katrina pulled from a rooftop in New Orleans into an SH-60B Seahawk. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jay C. Pugh

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Reed

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate First Class (AW) Brien Aho, Fleet Combat Camera, Atlantic

Swimmer Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 1st Class1 Tim Hawkins retrieves and evacuates a victim of Hurricane Katrina from a rooftop in New Orleans into an SH-60B Seahawk. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jay C. Pugh.

U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster

Refugees on board a C-17 Globemaster. The 15th Airlift Squadron (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster)






U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster

A young survivor of Hurricane Katrina hugs her rescuer Pararescuemen Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Mike Maroney (left) from the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis AFB, after being relocated to the New Orleans International Airport. U.S. Air Force Photo by A1C Veronica Pierce

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