A small boy holds the hand of a soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment as they walk through a survivor camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 21. The soldiers are visiting the camps to locate and help people who are injured but cannot make it to the medical station set up at the temporary forward operating base nearby. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
A crowd of women sit after a call for order during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19, 2010. When crowds become unruly, U.S. Army soldiers and volunteers stop handing out food and water, resuming after order returns. The 82nd Airborne’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, provided security for the distribution point out of its makeshift forward operating base. The soldiers distributed to only women during this event.
DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division wait at the Haiti International Airport after an early morning flight Jan. 16, 2009. As many as 3,500 troops are expected to arrive here in the next few days to begin security the areas for aid drop-off. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
HAITI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Haiti, Jan 16, 2009 — Hundreds of 82nd Airborne Division troops from Fort Bragg arrived overnight in the first wave of putting a substantial US military relief effort in place in the wake of this week’s devastating earthquake here.
As many as 3,500 are expected to be on the ground here in just a few short days, as the military finds itself caught somewhere in the middle of finding its feet and moving out to help the tens of thousands left with nothing after the earthquake left much of the island nation buried in rubble.
Air Force C-17s started hauling troops and equipment from the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment yesterday, with the rest of the 800 or so soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team being delivered by ongoing flights through the night.
Read more about the 82nd Airborne’s arrival and misison in Haiti on Defense.gov by clicking here.
Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division wait at the Haiti International Airport after an early morning flight Jan. 16, 2009. As many as 3,500 troops are expected to arrive here in the next few days to begin security the areas for aid drop-off. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
HAITI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Haiti, Jan 16, 2009 — Hundreds of 82nd Airborne Division troops from Fort Bragg arrived overnight in the first wave of putting a substantial U.S. military relief effort in place in the wake of this week’s devastating earthquake here.
As many as 3,500 are expected to be on the ground here in just a few short days, as the military finds itself caught somewhere in the middle of finding its feet and moving out to help the tens of thousands left with nothing after the Air Force C-17s started hauling troops and equipment from the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment yesterday, with the rest of the 800 or so soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team being delivered by ongoing flights through the night.
The planes were packed making use of every square inch of space. Soldiers stacked in with military vehicles, water and other equipment and supplies. With the air port here maxed out on its ability to manage the number of flights coming in and out, officials wanted to waste neither time or space. (more…)
Spc. Wenderson Jangada, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), mans a M240B machine gun in a guard tower at Forward Operating Base Ubaydi, Iraq, Dec. 5, 2009. A former Brazilian heavyweight champion boxer who became a U.S. citizen just prior to deploying with the 82nd Airborne, Jangada plans to return to professional boxing when his enlistment expires in 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod)
To view a story about Spc. Wenderson Jangada, click here.
German soldiers of 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 40th Mechanized Infantry Regiment pull security during an Operational Mentor Liaison Team (OMLT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. OMLT XXIII and Police Operational Mentor Liaison Team VII training are designed to prepare teams for deployment to Afghanistan with the ability to train, advise, and enable the Afghan National Security Force in areas such as counter-insurgency, combat advisory, and force enabling support operations. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ian Schell (DVIDS)
While flying over Colorado a B-2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, moves into position for a mid-air refueling via the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee on 09 May, 2012. The B-2 Stealth bomber and the KC-135 crews conducted the aerial refueling to maintain mission readiness standards.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jeremy M. Wilson (DVIDS)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)
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