relief operation once and if the government of japan asks for help. let's walk you through what we do know so far. there are three major navy warships in the region that are getting ready to move to lend a hand to japan. first up, the uss essex in malaysia and getting ready to get underway relief supplies and start steaming toward japan to help out there. it's going to take it a few days to get there, but they are getting underway. the uss blue ridge, a navy command ship in singapore also getting underway. it is specifically loading up relief supplies in singapore and heading on to japan. first up, however, will be the uss tortuga. and what they are putting onboard are small landing craft. the tortuga will be able to use these landing craft to get to