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Navy personal direct a hovercraft as it comes ashore along Beach Boulevard Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005 in Biloxi, Miss. Various branches of the armed forces are arriving in the area to help with the distribution of food and clean-up of the area after Hurricane Katrina.
Rubber bladders, each holding 500 gallons of fresh drinking water, are seen before they are transported on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) in the Gulf Coast September 3, 2005. Bataan has been off the Gulf Coast providing relief efforts since Hurricane Katrina hit the coast. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense. Picture taken September 3, 2005