Hurricane Harvey: 36th Engineer Brigade Supply Delivery Operation

Photo By Sgt. Hubert Delany | Jim Pierer (right), a volunteer with the American Red Cross, watches the Soldiers of the 36th Engineer Brigade and other units, as they load boxes of meals, ready to eat (MRE) into an American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle as part of a Supply Delivery Operation where the Army unit supplied 32,000 MREs to Beaumont, Texas Sep. 1. The Department of Defense is conducting Defense Support of Civil Authorities operations in response to the effects of Hurricane Harvey. DSCA operations are part of the DOD’s response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and mitigating property damage in response to a catastrophic disaster. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)  

BEAUMONT, TX, UNITED STATES

09.01.2017

Story by Spc. Hubert Delany 

22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   

The 36th Engineer Brigade, load pallets and boxes of meals, ready-to-eat (MRE) as part of a Supply Delivery Operation where the unit supplied 32,000 MREs to Beaumont, Texas Sep. 1. The Department of Defense is conducting Defense Support of Civil Authorities operations to the State of Texas in response to the effects of Hurricane Harvey. DSCA operations are part of the DoD’s response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and mitigating property damage in response to a catastrophic disaster.

• Date Taken: 09.01.2017
• Date Posted: 09.01.2017 17:42
• Story ID: 246986
• Location: BEAUMONT, TX, US