Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands begins evacuation of U.S. citizens in Dominica [Image 1 of 11]

DOMINICA

09.24.2017

Photo by Sgt. Ian Leones  

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Cody, center, the evacuation control center noncomissioned officer in charge with Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands, explains the logbook procedures for the control center at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica, Sept. 24, 2017. The evacuation control center was set up to assist in the voluntary evacuation of 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

• Date Taken: 09.24.2017
• Date Posted: 09.26.2017 09:44
• Photo ID: 3809532
• VIRIN: 170924-M-KN381-001
• Resolution: 5481x3586
• Size: 8.15 MB
• Location: DM