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Seabees from Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 off-load heavy equipment from a landing craft unit on the shore of Bonel. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan is on station in Haiti along with the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry, USS Gunston Hall and USS Carter Hall as the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission supporting 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 on Jan. 12.