Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit unload 50 kg bags of rice at a remote village in the Republic of Haiti Oct. 12, 2016. Eleven Marines left USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) and travelled to Haiti International Airport where they took on 7,500 lbs. of humanitarian relief supplies, then delivered the aid from a CH-53E Super Stallion. JTF Matthew was a U.S. Southern Command lead humanitarian assistance, disaster relief effort in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. Matthew was a category 4 hurricane that formed in the Western Atlantic Ocean and affected Haiti, eastern Cuba, and the Bahamas before moving up the southeast coast of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Waggoner).
Date Taken: | 10.12.2016 |
Date Posted: | 10.15.2016 05:31 |
Photo ID: | 2923190 |
VIRIN: | 161012-M-MK762-009 |
Resolution: | 4688x3126 |
Size: | 9.53 MB |
Location: | UNDISCLOSED, HT |
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