Dock workers stand ready to moor the High Speed Vessel Two (HSV-2) Swift as she prepares to dock at the Chuc Sumet Port in Sattahip, Thailand.

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Dock workers stand ready to moor the High Speed Vessel Two (HSV-2) Swift as she prepares to dock at the Chuc Sumet Port in Sattahip, Thailand.

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Sattahip, Thailand (Feb. 07, 2005) Dock workers stand ready to moor the High Speed Vessel Two (HSV-2) "Swift" as she prepares to dock at the Chuc Sumet Port in Sattahip, Thailand. Swift transferred toys and stuffed animals donated from Military personnel stationed in Hawaii, to the victims of the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia. More than 18,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, Soldiers and Coast Guardsmen with Combined Support Force Five Three Six (CSF-536), working with international militaries and non-governmental organizations to aid the affected people of Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia after the tsunami devastated the region. A Combined Support Force of host nations, civilian aid organizations and U.S. Department of Defense work to provide humanitarian assistance in support Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund File# 050207-N-3642E-003

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07/02/2005 - 07/02/2005
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Sattahip, Thailand
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U.S. NAVY
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