Story by Jennifer Garcia | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District | 03.13.2025
Puerto Ricans are no strangers to offering and receiving help in times of need. The island's geographical location makes it highly susceptible to hurricanes and other natural disasters, shaping generations with resilience and a strong sense of community. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) called for volunteers to support recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, the......
Story by Susan Culbreth | Defense Logistics Agency Energy | 11.17.2024
The Defense Logistics Agency Task Force Americas supported FEMA by overseeing the delivery of petroleum products to assist in recovery effort following Hurricane Milton's impact in Florida....
Story by Ebony Gay | Defense Logistics Agency Energy | 10.16.2024
Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s Task Force Americas provides petroleum products enabling critical power generation and distribution of supplies to rural areas across eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and Georgia in support of hurricane recovery efforts....
Story by Dena O'Dell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 09.11.2024
It was a Tuesday. Twenty-three years ago. The day of the week – not the date of the month – stands out the most for retired Col. Aaron Barta. Tuesday. A planned training day. A normal drive into work. By mid-morning, all of that would change. Tuesday would soon alter the course of Barta’s life and redefine the next 20 years of his Army career and the nation. It was......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Eades | Commander Task Force 75 | 11.17.2018
Airmen assigned to the 36th CRG, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, transport cargo from the parking apron at Tinian International Airport while supporting Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ civil and local officials as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-supported Super Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts....
Story by 2nd Lt. Brigitte Brantley Watts | Joint Region Marianas | 11.15.2018
Task Force-West continues Super Typhoon Yutu relief efforts.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Eades | Commander Task Force 75 | 11.14.2018
TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Detachment Guam, assumed responsibility for ongoing relief efforts on Tinian during a relief-in-place and transfer of authority ceremony with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Nov. 14....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Mortensen | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 11.11.2018
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) departed Guam with Soldiers and heavy equipment from the 9th Mission Support Company (9th MSC), Guam Army National Guard to provide continued support to the island of Saipan Nov. 11....
