A multi-agency unified command is responding to an oil spill near Refugio State Beach, in Santa Barbara County, California that occurred on May 19. The response includes hundreds of federal, state and local first responders, contractors and community volunteers.
U.S. Southern Command works with allies and partners across Central and South America to enhance peace, promote human rights, deter illegal activities and conduct multinational military exercises.
The U.S. Army Hawaii and the 25th Infantry Division are providing support to the local residents of AMR and Red Hill housing due to the affected water supplies and concerns with fresh water being distributed, moving residents to alternate lodging, and providing medical screening services.
Members of the armed forces will be conducting a medical training event June 14-22 in the tri-state area that will provide medical and dental services to the public at no cost.
As part of the Defense Department’s Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program, members of the Air National Guard, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, active duty Navy, and active duty Air Force, working in...
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...
Super Typhoon Soudelor was a category 3 tropical cyclone and was the strongest of 2015 to date and affected the Western Pacific Ocean area including the Northern Marianas Islands, Southern Japan, Taiwan and China. U.S. military forces were deployed to Saipan to support humanitarian efforts in response to the typhoon.
The 2020 deployment of U.S. Navy hospital ships -- the USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) and USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) -- are providing medical support to Americans in regions significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Navy medical professionals on both ships will assist local health care providers by offering care to persons who do not have the virus, freeing local hospitals and clinics to treat...
The U.S. Navy provided a P-3 Orion in support of the Hellenic Armed Forces, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Greece, in response to a request by the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece for assistance in the search of the missing Egyptian aircraft.
