Island of Sumatra, Indonesia (Jan. 23, 2005) - An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to the “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15), delivers food and relief supplies to a village on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. HM-15 is currently embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is currently underway in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia. Essex is the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious assault ship homeported in Sasebo, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Bart A. Bauer