Bon Homme Richard (LHD 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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i i I l 4 ist nc l dollarsnto .the Blue!Green Tsunami Relief or it may help an entire town. humanitarian assistance operations off the lim Fund Drive 'n 'ts mst day' I - coast of the lndonesian island of Sumatra. My . Daniels said tsunami victims have suffered The crew has been great, and we've had a greatly and this is one way the Sailors :WH huge response so far. l know we can keep it aboard can help. up, Stone said. i The relief fund drive is scheduled to run . Fireman Jason Daniels, a Mission Viejo, through Jan. 8. 'ash Calif., native, from the ship's A Division said, ' f'f-fel--I I--I-A -.-- --.---., l1,,,1,A,,A,,,, rg-V., V , . I, I .,i i January 12, 2005 Januafy 13, 2005 HSC-21 rescues more than 40 trapped BHR Sailors and MHVUWGS donate Indonesian tsunami victims off the coast m0fS than 10,000 dollars to the Red of Sumatra. Cross for tsunami relief efforts. BHR is relieved by the USS ESSEX. January 13, 2005 5 Bl-IR delivers more than 98,000 lbs Om of food, vvater and medical supplies W to the island of Sumatra. 83

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O it U ti n Un USS BONHOMME RICHARD QNNSQ -- The BluelGreen Tsunami Relief Fund Drive kicked off Jan. 4 aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard QLHD Gy. The Blue!Green Tsunami Relief Fund Drive is a way for Sailors and embarked Marines to contribute money that will directly help tsunami victims. The fund drive was coordinated by the ship's executive officer and command chaplain staff. The money will be donated to tsunami victims through a charity to be determined later, according to Religious Program Spe- cialist 2nd Class CSWJ Janaee Stone from Rock Springs, Wyo., a relief fund coordina- tor. Greene executive officer fth 0 eSan based ship. The crew has a great histo the victims of the tsunami, said Capt, W generosity in the past - both Navy Marine. The crew wanted an o help this time. We are going to give them opportunity. Using the Navy!Marine Corps Cash The crew expressed interest in helping out System, t re he crew donated mo PPOrtunity January 8, 2005 January 9, 2005 15th MEU delivered more than 75,000 lbs supplies ashore. BHR delivers more than 49,000 lbs of January 10' 2005 d of aide to Sumatra. Culinary Special- ACU 5 dehvers 34,090 'bs of foo E ists onboard bake 4,000 brownies and and Water ashore 'n Sumatra' 82 cornbread for tsunami victims. ,. .,.., .-,,.,,.., ,,,. . ,, .. ,,,n WWW

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1 x J iii ri J ii l 1 , ll , X ' Y' i if E ' if X FJ A V mi 1 K 1 i I f 1 N, Q K ,J I X A ix 5 YN l ' t X AHOARU USS FJONHUNIME RICHARD, At Sea lNN!5J In support of Operation Unified lwririlzrrrce, the rrrultipurpose amphibious armairlt rihip USS Bonhomme Richard tBHRi IIHD 69 and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit delivered 102 tons of badly needed irurrrarritarian aid to tsunami victims on the lrrrlormrriarr island of Sumatra Jan, 14, Since Jan. 3, the San Diego-based ship has been flying aboard hundreds of thousands of pounds of disaster relief supplies from both support ships and warehouses in Sumatra rn preparation to deliver it to the hardest hit areas of the island. According to BHR Commanding Officer Capt, J, Scott Jones, the San Diego-based, ship has entered the 'precision assistance stage of operations, I , ., , . 1' in if he if , bd! , fl 'lt'i4 'V!QHMira,--sig: 1 , g ,ttitirl ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea tNNSl -- During their nine days of humanitarian assistance operations in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the multipurpose amphlbious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard tBHRi QLHD 67 and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit QMEUJ deliv- ered more than a million pounds of humani- tarian aid to tsunami survivors on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Bonhomme Richard concluded operations in the urea, turned over with USS Essex QLHD Bi and steamed toward the U.S. Central Command area ol operations Jan. 18. During Bl-lR's time on station, the San ltrogulnrsr-rl ships embarked helicopters ,rim lnrtlrrrn .'r.rtl, .ur cushion rLCACl .1 1 ,.w , I ,V , . Lg 3 , Y. , . A, , f A 'f ,, , . ' H., 'A '. vf'UW'p' , ' .V , t f V, , .V .,,, hovercraft delivered food, medicine and thousands of gallons of fresh water ashore, helping to save lives, mitigate suffering and prevent the onset of tsunami-related epidem- rcs. BHR's helicopters also transported experi- enced relief workers to inaccessible areas of the island, and the ship set up dental services in the town of Meulaboh. Bonhomme Richard was dispatched to the region after a 9,0 earthquake and tsunami caused one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. The ship cut short a port visit to Guam and skipped a planned port call to Singapore to deliver desperately needed aid ashore in Sumatra. We've reached the stage where we are providing massive amounts of material alma locations throughout the island now,' Jones said, 'We are providing the precise appriCa,2mm tion of aid, In wartime, we call it precision targeting. At this stage of this humanitarian operation, we call it precision assistance? Along with delivering vast quantities of fresh water to the areas of the ' ' island where its in reall re -We ale dental l riormal According to BHR Commanding Ofhcer Capt. J. Scott Jones, BHR and her embarketl' Sailors and Marines showed that their compassion is equal to their might. Jones, added that BHR's versality 'as multidimen-l sional assault platform' gave the ship the unique ability to target aid to where it W35 needed the most, no matter how inaoc6S-I sible that place might be. 'What was amazing was the ability of OHV Sailors and Marines to easily convert what they did in training for a strike mission I0 3 humanitarian mission, Jones said. intelligence gathering and intefpfetationl skills were translated into life-saving infprma' tion that got aid where it needed to 90- .lones said Bonhomme Richard's Sailors 3 ndp Mari miss to p Peel BHl and and lll0l can 'its WH: hai W0 Wh Jo Wil