Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan | 10.30.2023
DonJon-SMIT, Inc. salvage crews and Playland Marine LLC pollution removal crews working during the refloating and towing of the cargo vessel Bonnie G to safe harbor at the Sandfill dock in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct. 30, 2023. The Bonnie G Response Incident Command comprised of Coast Guard, federal and local agencies as well as the responsible party oversaw the operation. The Bonnie......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan | 09.04.2022
A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescues a spear fisherman in distress just off Dog Island, U.S. Virgin Islands Sept. 4, 2022. The survivor, reportedly over 50-years-old, was safely transferred to the Cyril E. King airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he was received by awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard video)...
Video by Senior Airman Xavier Navarro | Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19 | 05.03.2020
Army Reserve Capt. Anya Lebron, a pharmacist with Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 094-1, gives a shout-out to her mother and women who helped raise her in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, while augmented to Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, Mass., May 2, 2020. The U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the......
Video by Andrew Carlson | All Hands Magazine | 08.12.2019
Quartermaster 2nd Class Zuri Hodge, from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) navigation department, talks about her growth being from a small island in this weeks edition of WARSHIP78. Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist......
Video by Spc. Samantha Hall | Michigan National Guard | 01.01.2019
The 177th Military Police Brigade quick reaction force deployed from December 13-16 to the U.S. Virgin Islands to train for a potential natural or man-made disaster on the islands. This exercise, the Caribbean Thunder emergency deployment readiness exercise, is part of Michigan's state partnership with the territory....
Video by Sgt. Zane Craig | Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard | 02.05.2018
After providing assistance to areas affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Pennsylvania National Guard expanded our relief efforts to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were devastated by a direct hit from Category 4 Hurricane Maria, which struck Sept. 20. The Pennsylvania National Guard units involved in the response are 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, 28th......
Video by George Stringham | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 12.22.2017
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Temporary emergency generators that have been deinstalled across the U.S. Virgin Islands are loaded December 22, 2017, to be shipped to Puerto Rico, where they will be put back into service to provide temporary power at schools, hospitals, clinics, government buildings and other facilities across the territory until permanent grid power is restored. More than 175......
Video by Stephanie Beougher and Sgt. Andrew Kuhn | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 12.04.2017
Three major hurricanes hit the mainland U.S. or two of its territories during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Since the first storm made landfall in August, more than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard were engaged with rescue and relief efforts in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico....
