Pulau We Island, Indonesia (Jan. 23, 2005) - Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Justin Lenderman hands relief supplies to Indonesian men on Pulau We Island, Indonesia. Petty Officer Lenderman is assigned to the "Blackhawks" of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15). 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 3rd Class Travis M. Burns (RELEASED)