Joint Task Force Port Opening (JTF-PO) exercise in which we rapidly respond to either an Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Response (HA/DR) type mission in an austere environment. Our mission is to rapidly respond to the AO and conduct operations to receive and begin initial theater distribution of that cargo.
Turbo Distribution (TD) 17-2 is a Joint Task Force-Port Opening exercise designed to train personnel to rapidly respond to Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Response missions. It is hosted by US Transportation Command. The missions will be conducted at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Battle Creek, MI. During the exercise, the units will practice being rapidly deployed to an austere location, set...
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“Our relationship is very close, we do not do anything without each other,” said Spc. Ronald Oun with the Delaware Army National Guard’s 160th Engineering Unit.
Spc. Ronald Oun and Spc. Rodney Oun were born identical twins in 1995 in South Philadelphia. They graduated High School together, shared birthday parties, attended the University of Delaware together, and then in 2014 decided...
Service members with the Hawaii Air National Guard evacuated Department of Defense personnel from Wake Island ahead of Typhoon Halola.
This feature page highlights content related to the U.S. Military's response to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to areas impacted by Typhoon Krathon (Julian). At the request of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to support the U.S. Agency for International Development's efforts in foreign disaster...
Service members from Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and working with Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas' civil and local officials for Typhoon Mangkhut recovery efforts.
Support to FEMA and civilian government officials following Typhoon Mawar in Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
