Officials Detail East Coast Storm’s Effects on DOD

Photo By Sgt. Michael Uribe | Georgia Guardsman Maj. Nicholas Anthony, Bravo Flight commander, 165th Air Support Operations Squadron, speaks with a Georgia State Patrol officer at the scene of recovery of a vehicle that slid off the road along Interstate 20. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Michael Uribe/Released)  

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

02.12.2014

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Pentagon officials have compiled a summary of the effects a winter storm battering the East Coast today is having on the Defense Department:

-- The Department of Defense, U.S. Northern Command and the National Guard Bureau continue to monitor the storm as it tracks north.

-- The Pentagon is open, with storm schedule procedures implemented. The Corridor 2 and the Mall entrances are operational.

-- Twenty-six major military installations are closed, on minimum manning, or on delayed reporting. Local commanders determine the operational status of their installations, officials noted.

-- Fort Gordon, Ga., was designated as Incident Support Base to stage Federal Emergency Management Agency supplies and equipment.

-- Eighteen U.S Army Corps of Engineer personnel deployed to Fort Gordon to assist with power regeneration operations in the area.

-- More than 2,300 Army and Air National Guard personnel are on state active duty -- not federalized -- in the following states:

* Alabama: 90 personnel are primarily supporting the Alabama Office of Emergency Management staff with recovery operations.

* Delaware: 130 personnel and 26 vehicles are primarily patrolling assigned routes to identify and assist stranded motorists and providing support to local first responders.

* District of Columbia: 180 personnel and 30 vehicles are providing general transportation and logistical assistance to district emergency management officials.

* Georgia: 620 personnel and 150 vehicles are primarily patrolling assigned routes and providing support to local first responders.

* North Carolina: 190 personnel and 48 vehicles are primarily patrolling assigned routes and providing support to local first responders.

* Pennsylvania: 775 personnel are conducting health and welfare checks in affected communities, assisting stranded motorists, augmenting first-responder transportation capabilities and manning traffic control points.

* South Carolina: 180 personnel are primarily patrolling assigned routes and providing support to local first responders.

* Virginia: 285 personnel are primarily patrolling assigned routes to identify and assist stranded motorists and providing support to local first responders.

Story by American Forces Press Service

• Date Taken: 02.12.2014
• Date Posted: 07.03.2025 11:22
• Story ID: 506705
• Location: WASHINGTON, US