Aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1), hospital corpsman Beau Surratt, attached to Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fills plastic packets with iron tablets for the people of Bangladesh. (Iron is taken to prevent anemia, the inability of blood to properly clot, caused by malnutrition). Amphibious assault ship Tarawa and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting humanitarian assistance/disaster relief efforts in response to the government of Bangladesh's request for assistance after Tropical Cyclone Sidr struck their southern coast Nov. 15. The storm killed over 3,000 people and has left several hundred thousand homeless. The Department of Defense effort is part of a larger United States response coordinated by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for international development.