Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) fill water bags for distribution to the victims of tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh. Kearsarge and the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (special operations capable) are conducting humanitarian assistance/cisaster 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 more than 3,000 people and has left several hundred thousand homeless. The Department of Defense effort is part of a larger U.S. response coordinated by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development.