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A team of 19 airmen and soldiers and two additional UH-60
helicopters from Joint Task Force Bravo, located at Soto Cano Air Base in
Honduras, were transported via a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy to the Dominican
Republic on Monday, Nov. 5 to provide additional support to the ongoing relief
mission. The C-5 included two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters which will be added to
the relief efforts, bringing the total number of helicopters provided by the
U.S. Government to 8 (4 UH-60 Blackhawks, 3 HH-66 Jayhawks, and 1 HH-65 Dolphine).
An 8-person humanitarian assistance survey team from U.S. Army South – based in
San Antonio, Texas – is currently in the Dominican Republic and will work
alongside USAID to assess humanitarian needs and identify support requirements.
Under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, a C-130 from the Puerto Rico Air
National Guard delivered 27 crates of potable water to the Dominican Republic on
Saturday, Nov. 3. In the past 25 months, U.S. Southern Command has supported a
dozen disaster relief missions in the Caribbean, Central and South America. U.S.
Southern Command military planners continue to work with interagency partners
and their counterparts in countries affected by Noel to assess recovery needs in
the affected areas and identify additional U.S. military units that may be able
to provide assistance.
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