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titleUS Navy provides Hurricane Maria relief

subject date24-09-2017

place

creditUS Navy / Polaris

captionSeptember 24, 2017 - Dominica: U.S. citizens board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands (JTF-LI) at Douglas-Charles Airport. U.S. service members with JTF-LI set up an evacuation control center at the airport to evacuate U.S. citizens stranded on Dominica after Hurricane Maria. At the request of partner nations and both the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, JTF-LI has deployed aircraft and service members to areas in the eastern Caribbean Sea affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. The task force is a U.S. military unit composed of Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen, and represents U.S. Southern Command’s primary response to both disasters. (Ian Leones/US Navy/Polaris)

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supplier accountpolaris

file namePolaris05978331.jpg

titleUS Navy provides Hurricane Maria relief

subject date24-09-2017

place

creditUS Navy / Polaris

captionSeptember 24, 2017 - Ceiba, Puerto Rico, United States: U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), exit U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Utility 1657 to assist in relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Maria. The 26th MEU is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, and local authorities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with the combined goal of protecting the lives and safety of those in affected areas. (Tojyea Matally/US Navy/Polaris)