Lt. Joseph Reardon, USS Carter Hall (LSD 50)'s dental
Summary
Lt. Joseph Reardon, USS Carter Hall (LSD 50)'s dental officer, performs a tooth extraction on a Haitian man at Hospital Cardinal de Legar in Leogane, Haiti. The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) is on station in Haiti, along with the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), as the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission in support of 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Monique Hilley/Released)