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Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 00:00
For the three weeks the ship supported Operation Unified Response, Gunston Hall's deck department transported ship's crew ashore, manned the flight deck for 50 helo refuels, ran crane operations to load humanitarian and relief supplies onto the embarked l
Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 00:00
The field hospital, an initiative by the Dominican Republic, is an international effort. In addition to Carter Hall medical staff, medical professionals from the U.S., France, Germany, Cuba, Brazil and other countries volunteer.
Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 00:00
Approximately 900 Soldiers assigned to the 7th Sustainment Brigade, based at Fort Eustis, Va., are deployed to Haiti in support of Operation Unified Response.
Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 00:00
Initially this facility will ease the strain on the USNS Comfort and other naval vessels that are at capacity for medical patients. Rotating those no longer in need of critical care on U.S. ships to an interim facility makes space for those still in need.
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
They were one of the first military assets to arrive at the battered country. The "Jaguars" of HSL-60 flew over 170 hours delivered 850 cases of food, 850 cases of water, flew 84 medevac missions, transported close to 600 personnel and moved ove
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
Using the embassy as their central site to treat patients, military medical teams set up the building's conference room for surgeries.
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
We are at one month beyond the Haiti earthquake, and we thought it was a wonderful opportunity having Ambassador Ken Merten here in Washington this week to bring him down just to kind of really give you a sense from the ground view of what is happening in
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
Our major concern right now is shelter, particularly getting people into appropriate shelter before the rainy season starts.
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
Three patients arrived at the facility, which consists of a constellation of tents on a large field. The facility was established to create a transitional environment for aftercare treatment and rehabilitation of patients.
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 00:00
Since the mobile aeromedical staging facility team arrived, they have helped to aeromedically evacuate more than 155 Haitians and Americans back to the U.S. for medical treatment.