AFSOC Airmen receive MHS and AMSUS awards
Members of the 27th Operational Support Medicine Flight prepare to provide hurricane relief Sept. 13, 2017, in the Caribbean Islands . The 27th OSM received the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Humanitarian Assistance Award for Hurricane Irma relief efforts in the Caribbean. The unit prepared 16,000 pounds and $330,000 of medical equipment for aerial transport and delivery within 16 hours of notification. (Courtesy photo)
AFSOC Airmen receive MHS and AMSUS awards
Members of the 27th Operational Support Medicine Flight transport Hurricane Irma refugees Sept. 13, 2017, in the Caribbean Islands. The 27th OSM received the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Humanitarian Assistance Award for Hurricane Irma relief efforts in the Caribbean. The unit provided evacuation from three countries and treated 400 victims of the hurricane. (Courtesy photo)
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A U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter pilot with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command keeps the helicopter steady as he conducts an aerial refueling over the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Honduras, Aug. 28, 2018. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC are conducting security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in Central and South America. The unit is also on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the event of a hurricane or other emergency in the region.
Hurricane Lane
A satellite image of Hurricane Lane on the morning of Aug. 22, 2018. Navy photo
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A U.S. Soldier with the 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, waits to load supplies that will be distributed the towns effected Hurricane Harvey in a in a reconnaissance mission to asses the damage and combat the affects of the hurricane at an American Red Cross Distribution Center in Sugar Land, Texas Sep. 3, 2017. The Department of Defense is conducting Defense Support of Civil Authorities operations in response to the effects of Hurricane Harvey. DSCA operations are part of the DOD's response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and mitigating property damage in response to a catastrophic disaster. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III)
Eye of Lane
A 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aircrew, based out of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, flew through the eye of Hurricane Lane this week. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters began flying into Hurricane Lane out of the Kalaeloa Airport Aug. 20, 2018, to collect weather data for the Central Pacific Hurricane Center to assist with their forecasts. Crews left Aug. 22, 2018, to move out of the path of the storm.
By By Capt. Bernie Kale / Published Aug. 22, 2018
NEW CASTLE, Del.,
The Delaware National Guard recently sent seven Guardsmen to Virginia and Maryland to support National Guard Bureau’s ongoing Hurricane Florence relief efforts.
The DNG sent six Army National Guardsmen to Arlington, Va., to work at NGB’s Joint C4 Communications Center and one Air National Guardsman to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to support the Crisis Action Team, this past Saturday.
“These Delaware Guardsmen stepped up at a moment’s notice to fill the request from NGB and support the affected states,” said Maj. Gen. Carol Timmons, Adjutant General for the Delaware National Guard. “They are doing important behind-the-scenes work that will benefit the ongoing relief efforts.”
More than 7,100 Army and Air National Guard members are responding to Florence today. Meanwhile, the National Guard continues to respond to storms affecting Hawaii and Guam and to wildfires affecting Western states, in addition to support on the Southwest border and to the warfight overseas.
