U.S. Marine Chief Warrant officer Rob Kurzwell from Chicago, second right, helps fellow soldiers pack their supplies on to a bus afer landing of a U.S. Air Force plane on to the tarmac at the airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka Wednesday Jan, 5, 2005. Seventeen U.S. Marines arrived in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday with two helicopters and an additional staff of 30 U.S. Air Force military communication and technical experts who will serve as the helicopter ground crew. They will take part in the aid, rescue and recovery mission going on in the region in response to last week's devastating tsunami. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
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