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Tag Archives: Port-au-Prince
Navy’s Haiti duties winding down
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Even though the Navy and the Marine Corps were all but finished with their missions here in early March, local officials said the real work in Haiti is only just beginning. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Hall, Col. Gareth Brandl, Haiti, military sealift command, Navy, Norfolk, Port-au-Prince, Read, Secretary Ray Mabus, U.S.
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621st tackled security ‘nightmare’ after quake
Tech Sgt. Thomas Tully had trouble getting his head around what he would say when he stepped off the plane in Haiti.Barely 48 hours had passed since an earthquake had virtually leveled Port-au-Prince, the capital of the island nation, and … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Capt. Brian Loveless, contingency response, Haiti, Joint Base, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Port-au-Prince, Tech Sgt. Thomas Tully, Tully, U.S.
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Predators send video feeds to help in Haiti
Six Predators started flying missions over Haiti from a Puerto Rican airport Jan. 27, marking the first time the Air Force’s unmanned RQ-1s have flown humanitarian missions or operated out of a civilian airport.The Predators have flown two round-the-clock orbits … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Air, Brig. Gen. Darryl Burke, Cross, federal aviation administration, Haiti, Iraq, Maj. Jeff Bright, Nev., Port-au-Prince, Puerto Rico, Rafael Hernandez, U.S., U.S.A.I.D.
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AFSOUTH officials guide Air Force Haiti relief effort
Airmen from across the United States are participating in the Haitian earthquake joint relief effort while the as Air Forces Southern members guide the effort from hundreds of miles away in the Arizona desert. Air Force officials have an integral … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, desert air force, Haiti, Port-au-Prince, relief, United States
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Relief effort will be felt throughout fleet
As the Navy’s unprecedented response to Haiti’s post-earthquake humanitarian crisis entered its third week, the sudden spike in operational tempo showed no sign of slowing. More warships, Military Sealift Command and Maritime Administration vessels were on station or en route … Continue reading
Major trapped in rubble of Port-au-Prince hotel
Every time Peggy Bourland watches another survivor get rescued from under a collapsed building in Haiti, she asks the same question: “Why can’t it be my husband?”Air Force Maj. Ken Bourland is trapped under Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince after a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ala, Anderson, Andrew, Birmingham, California, california earthquake, Caribbean, Charley, Division, Dominican Republic, earthquake, Fairfax County, Fla., Haiti, Huey, Iraq, Kellie Bourland, Ken, Ken Bourland, Lt. Gen. Ken Keen, Maj. Ken Bourland, Miami, Montana, Myrtle Beach, Peggy, Peggy Bourland, Port-au-Prince, S.C., U.S., U.S. Embassy, Va., Weston
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Dover Reserve crew delivers communications team, equipment to Haiti
Airmen from the 326th Airlift Squadron, here, delivered the Joint Communications Support Element to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during the early morning hours of Jan. 16. On the way to Haiti, the Air Force Reserve aircrew stopped at … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, c 17 globemaster, Capt. Jim McCann, Dover, Fla., Haiti, Port-au-Prince
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Gators deliver Marines, aid to Haiti
LEOGANE, Haiti — About 120 Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, landed via helicopters in Haiti on Tuesday morning, securing a landing zone and a water distribution point in this town west of Port-au-Prince.Marines created a perimeter … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibious ready group, Capt. Thomas Negus, Haiti, Port-au-Prince, SHIP, U.S.
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Soldier returns to Haiti to help, finds family
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Junior Florestal left Haiti when he was 13 for a better life in the United States. He long promised to return, but it took an earthquake to bring him back.“I’d always wanted to come,” the 33-year-old Army … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, army staff sergeant, Capt. John Hartsock, Fla., Florestal, Fort Bragg, Haiti, Iraq, N.C., Orlando, Port-au-Prince, U.S., U.S. Army, United States
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Air Force brings order to chaotic air traffic
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When Air Force special operations controllers stepped off a transport plane Wednesday night at Haiti’s main airport, they found chaos.One day after the earthquake struck, relief planes were coming in from all directions, landing on a first-come-first-served … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Air, air force combat controllers, Borders, Clinton, Col. Ben McMullen, Fla., Grove, Haiti, Iraq, Port-au-Prince, President Ren, Santo Domingo, Tech. Sgt. Chris Grove, U.S.
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