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USS Mount Whitney Brings Aid to Georgia

POTI, Georgia, Sept. 5, 2008 – USS Mount Whitney pulled into port here today, transporting humanitarian relief supplies in support of “Operation Assured Delivery.”

The delivery is part of the larger U.S. response to the Georgian government’s request for humanitarian assistance after the conflict with Russian forces last month.

Mount Whitney will deliver more than 17 tons of aid, including 4,000 blankets donated by the U.S. Agency for International Development, juice, powdered milk and hygiene products.

In the past few weeks, USS McFaul and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas carried more than 115 tons of humanitarian supplies to the port in Batumi, Georgia, while U.S. Navy C-9, C-40 and C-130 aircraft flew 20 continuous missions airlifting 325 tons of humanitarian aid into the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

USS Mount Whitney has a hybrid crew of U.S. Navy sailors and civilian mariners, and is home-ported in Gaeta, Italy

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  1. Russia Invades Georgia
  2. The United States and Georgia
  3. Georgian Brigade Urgently Recalled From Iraq?
  4. Russian Bombing Georgian Port and Military Bases
  5. Report from Georgia
  6. State Dept Demands Russia Pullback
  7. Latest From Georgia Fighting
  8. Cossacks Move to Attack Georgia
  9. Heavy Fighting, Bombings in Georgia
  10. Russian Invasion Expands Targets in Georgia
  11. Update on Peace Corps in Georgia
  12. We Are Putin Fanatics
  13. Russia’s Attack on Georgia
  14. Joint statement on Georgia-Russia War
  15. Russians Preplanned Georgia Invasion
  16. Russian Navy Blockades Georgia, Ukraine Concerned
  17. Pipeline Attacks Confirmed in Georgia
  18. Invasion of Georgia Continues
  19. Summary of Recent Air Attacks in Georgia
  20. U.S. Completes Georgian Troop Redeployment
  21. Bush Send Military to Aid Georgia
  22. Air Force Lands in Georgia
  23. I want to fight fiercely alongside the U.S. Army
  24. Peace Corps in Georgia Redux
  25. I am Tamari from Rustavi, Georgia
  26. Navy Aid Flies in to Georgia
  27. U.S. Ships Enter Black Sea to Aid Georgia
  28. US Navy Arrives at Georgian Port
  29. 500 Tons of Aid to Georgia
  30. New Pictures of Navy Relief Efforts in Georgia
  31. Update on US Assistance to Georgia
  32. The Rubble of Georgian Lives
  33. Fact Sheet: U.S. Support for Georgia
  34. USS Mount Whitney Brings Aid to Georgia

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