U.S. Navy sailors assist two young American citizens as they arrive on the flight deck of the USS Trenton (LPD 14) as the ship operates off the coast of Lebanon on July 21, 2006. At the request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the United States Central Command and elements of Task Force 59 are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. The Trenton is an amphibious transport which is used to carry and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft, amphibious vehicles, helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft.