2013-11-26 A key aspect of the approach of the US forces spearheaded by the initial USMC insertion efforts is to transition and withdraw. This is an important process and not just for relief efforts with regard to storms. Our stories have focused on the ability to get an initial force…
11/25/2013: U.S. Marines conducting Forward Arming and Refueling Point operations Nov. 21 at Guiuan Airfield, Republic of the Philippines, during Operation Damayan. In this case, obviously the Marines are doing a Refueling Support Operation only. The Marines supporting the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort are with III Marine Expeditionary Brigade in…
11/25/2013: A U.S. Marine Lance Corporal escorts a child from the runway during Operation Damayan. Credit: American Forces Network, Okinawa:11/20/13
11/25/2013: Philippine Air Force members prepare an UH-1H for flight during Operation Damayan. Credit:III MEF:11/20/13
11/25/2013: In this video, we see the V-22 Osprey, for the first time to ever land and take-off aboard the USS Ashland (LSD-48). It was doing so while the ship was underway in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines. USS Ashland (LSD-48) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the…
11/24/2013: These two destroyers are viewed from a USN helicopter while operating at sea. Credit:Defense Imagery Management Operations Center:9/20/13
11//22/2013: A U.S. Marine Corps AVV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducts an aerial refueling with a KC-130 assigned to Command Element 26th MEU, at 18,000 feet over Djibouti, Africa, Sept. 19, 2013. Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:9/19/13
11/20/2013: This video provides a good sense of what the terrain looks like several days AFTER the rescue effort has been mounted. Marines with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade in support of Joint Task Force - 505, conduct airfield operations and humanitarian assistance, in Tacloban, Republic of the Philippines, 18 November…
