Marine Corps Haiti Aid News
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In the ‘DIRT’:Reserve Marine’s ‘extreme humanitarianism’ takes him around the world
8/5/2011 Sgt. Tyler J. Hlavac, NEW ORLEANS
When a humanitarian crisis occurs overseas, many Americans contribute to disaster relief by writing a check. Cpl. Adam Marlatt contributes by strapping a pack on his back, gathering his team and plunging headfirst into the disaster zone.
Marl...
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Continuing Promise sails home after deployment to Central, South America
11/13/2010 Cpl. Alicia R. Giron, ATLANTIC OCEAN, USS Iwo Jima
After four months of providing humanitarian assistance to eight countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 steamed through the Atlantic waters m...
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Marine unit aboard USS Iwo Jima ready to provide air, ground support in Haiti
11/5/2010 SPMAGTF Public Affairs, ATLANTIC OCEAN, USS Iwo Jima
A 500-person U.S. Marine Corps unit aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is poised to support possible disaster relief operations in Haiti caused by Hurricane Tomas.
The Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, or MAGTF, is compr...
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USS Iwo Jima heads to Haiti for Tropical Storm Tomas relief efforts
11/5/2010 Cpl. Alicia R. Giron, ATLANTIC OCEAN, USS Iwo Jima
Marines and sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 redirected from Paramaribo, Suriname to Haiti, Nov. 1, to assist in possible disaster relief operations caused by Tropical Storm Tomas.
U.S. Southern Comman...
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FSD workers recognized for Haiti relief effort
2/25/2010 Nathan L. Hanks Jr., MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga.
Nine employees and three contractors from the Storage Operations, Fleet Support Division, Distribution Manage-ment Center, Marine Corps Logistics Command, were recognized for their work in support of the Haitian earthquake relief effort, Feb 11.
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Road to recovery; 24th MEU builds 400 patient medical facility in Port Au Prince
2/9/2010 Lance Cpl. David Beall, PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti
Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 arrived at an empty soccer field here Jan. 31 with a mission - transform this recreation area into an interim medical after-care facility capable of treating up to 250 patients.
Within 48 hours...
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Fightertown C-12 crew supports Haiti relief
2/5/2010 Lance Cpl. Kevin T. Ferguson, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C.
Many Marines across the Corps have deployed to Haiti to support relief efforts. The Air Station had its chance to pitch in.
Three Fightertown Marines were tasked with a mission to fly two Marine Forces South liaison Marines to Haiti, Jan. 25. They ...
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24th MEU teams with UN and ADRA to feed Carrefour
2/5/2010 Sgt. Alex Sauceda, CARREFOUR, Haiti
Working alongside United Nations Sri Lankan Army soldiers, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines ensured Adventist Development and Relief Agency volunteers safely and efficiently dispensed rations to Haitians beginning Feb. 2.
This is the first t...
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Aviation assets provide capability, flexibility for 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Haiti
2/4/2010 Lance Cpl. David Beall, OFF THE COAST, Haiti
Local Haitians look up to the sky while a thundering sound grows louder as a Marine helicopter appears over top a field of palm trees and thick vegetation, within no time the Marines are on the deck.
This has become an everyday occurrence for the l...
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Marines reunite Haitian girls, father with family
2/2/2010 Lance Cpl. David J. Beall, GRANDE SALIENE, Haiti
Just a week ago, 14-year-old Lydie Augustin was suffering from two severe, untreated lacerations caused by bricks that fell on her leg that were shook loose from a building during the Jan. 12, earthquake. Today she returned to Grand Saliene in better...
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