Hurricane Florence - massive response from DOD ===================================
In a release, Northcom said DoD has assigned 13,470 personnel to support hurricane relief efforts. The specific numbers continue to change as individuals respond to the area, officials said. Northcom serves as the overall synchronizer of all DoD support to FEMA. -- Active duty: 5,400 -- National Guard: 7,857 -- Army Corps of Engineers: 121 -- Defense Logistics Agency: 92 DoD also deployed 1,286 military assets to establish air and ground transportation and search and rescue capabilities. They are: -- Rotary wing aircraft: 100 -- Fixed wing aircraft: 16 -- High-water vehicles: 1,154 -- Swift-water boats: 14 -- Navy amphibious ships: 2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
