Article: San Jose is a vital part of operation Unified Assistance.(HIGHLIGHTS)

USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7) has been a key element in Operation Unified Assistance, providing life-saving humanitarian assistance/ disaster relief (HA/DR) material to the hundreds of thousands of victims of the tsunami that devastated large coastal portions of South Asia on December 26, 2004. Staying true to the ship's motto "San Jose knows the way," she was at the forefront of Operation Unified Assistance from beginning to end.

San Jose got the call to steam toward South Asia while on a Christmas port visit to Sasebo, Japan. Making best speed throughout the long transit, she arrived on station off the coast of Sumatra on Jan. 4, 2005. For the next three months, San ...

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