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Author: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds, USS San Diego

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Beating the Storm

Beating the Storm

It was an early August morning when Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) got the call. Three National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists needed to be evacuated from Hermes Atoll, a small island chain in the Pacific Ocean.