Haiti

2,000 Marines Now in Afghanistan Assisting Evacuation as More Head to Haiti

Marines with the 24th Expeditionary Unit (MEU) guide an evacuee during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

More than 2,000 Marines were supporting evacuation operations and security in Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday, as the U.S. military hopes to maintain a semblance of control to process more Americans, Afghans and other evacuees onto military transport planes at the Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Meanw...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/19/2000-marines-now-in-afghanistan-assisting-evacuation-as-more-head-to-haiti

Warship USS Arlington, More Coast Cutters to Join Haiti Relief Operation

USS Arlington (LPD-24) transits the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 14, 2021. US Navy Photo

The Navy is sending the amphibious warship USS Arlington (LPD-24) to assist with the humanitarian aid mission in Haiti in the aftermath of an Aug. 14 earthquake, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.

The aftermath of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 1,941 and wreaked havoc across the southwestern Tiburon Peninsula. Almost 10,000 people are waiting for medical assistance, according to The Associated...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/17/warship-uss-arlington-more-coast-cutters-to-join-haiti-relief-operation

Afghanistan Exit Latest in Long History of U.S. Noncombatant Evacuation Missions 

A Vietnamese woman, carrying her son, is given a numbered tag as she arrives onboard USS Hancock (CV-19) on April 29, 1975. US Marine Corps Photo

The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday the evacuation of Americans and other U.S. diplomatic personnel from Afghanistan and Afghan emigrants is a “non-combatant evacuation operation,” a mission for U.S. forces to safeguard the exit of civilians and other non-combatants from a country.

Over the weekend, images from the rapid decline of security in...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/17/afghanistan-exit-latest-in-long-history-of-u-s-noncombatant-evacuation-missions

U.S. to Send Amphibious Warship to Haiti to Support Earthquake Relief

A deployed Air Station Clearwater Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a citizen in Haiti on Aug. 15, 2021. US Coast Guard Photo

The U.S. is preparing to send an amphibious warship to support the ongoing disaster relief efforts in Haiti following a massive earthquake that shook the island nation on Saturday, a defense official told USNI News on Monday.

The amphibious warship will join the ongoing Department of Defense mission in support of U.S. Agency for International Development efforts following...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/16/u-s-to-send-amphibious-warship-to-haiti-to-support-earthquake-relief

Haiti seeks US and UN support to secure ports after president’s assassination

Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph has asked both the US and the UN to send troops to help secure Haiti’s sea, air and oil ports after the assassination last week of President Jovenel Moïse. “We definitely need assistance and we’ve asked our international partners for help,” Joseph told...

https://splash247.com/haiti-seeks-us-and-un-support-to-secure-ports-after-presidents-assassination/

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