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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Navy carrier departs Philippines

USS AshlandThe U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington left the Philippines early Friday local time as amphibious dock landing ships Ashland and Germantown took the lead for international relief operations after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), military officials announced.

The San Diego-based cruiser Cowpens and its embarked helicopter crews remain in the Philippine Sea, flying missions into Tacloban while a joint task force is extending relief operations to typhoon victims out west in Visayas, said Marine Capt. Rebecca Melesky, a spokeswoman for Joint Task Force 505.

The U.S. government has 1,212 people in the Philippines, mostly troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, based in Okinawa, Japan.

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