BONEL, Haiti - fisherman watches from the shoreline

BONEL, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) A fisherman watches as members of Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2 clear a damaged boat away from the shoreline to make way for landing craft air cushion vehicles transporting heavy equipment and supplies from the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan, along with the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), is participating in Operation Unified Response, 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 country Jan. 12. 100119-N-5244H-015 (USN)