Jim Garamone
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 00:00
Conditions in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, continue to improve day by day, but a tremendous need still exists, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said today.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
The unit is trying to get control of the safety and distribution parts of the equation, but it is slow going. "Eventually, we’ll get back to a point that improves safety and allows the traffic to flow where it needs to when it needs to," Hollr
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
In a life-saving move, a Navy helicopter transported two severely injured Haitians to receive treatment aboard this hospital ship: a 6-year-old boy and 20-year-old man - had received care on the USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. aircraft carrier
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
As the ship approached shore in the capital city here, sailors aboard the Comfort felt the magnitude 6.1 aftershock. The jolt collapsed a pier in Port-au-Prince that medical planners were hoping to use as an evacuation point for injured Haitians
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 00:00
Haiti sounds like the seventh level of hell now, and the crew and medical staff of this hospital ship is preparing to enter it.
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took time from a busy schedule of meetings with Mexican military and naval leaders yesterday to visit the Mexico City National Cemetery
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
The combined capabilities and military cooperation between Mexico and the United States can defeat the drug cartels that plague both countries, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Mexico City yesterday.
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Barack Obama discussed the situation in Mexico and the military capabilities that could assist the country in a March 7 conversation.
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia is a country that has returned from the brink of anarchy, and its ongoing struggle against narcoterrorists holds lessons for nations around the world, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. military-to-military engagement in Latin America will require a change in thinking and in the culture within the armed services, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday.