Topic: U.S. Southern Command
AFP American Edition | 2010-03-09 18:10:19
The US military said Tuesday it was sending dozens of doctors to Chile to provide medical assistance to survivors of last month's earthquake that killed hundreds. The 84-strong team, which includes 63 medical personnel, was flying out of the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and will operate in the badly hit city of Angol, southeast of Concepcion, the ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-01-23 20:10:15
<div><p>A US Marine unit arrived off the coast of Haiti Saturday as the United States continued to ramp up its military deployment to the country's relief effort, US Southern Command said.</p><p>In a statement, Southern Command said the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit had arrived off Haiti along ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-01-21 16:10:19
<div><p>The US military has started using three more airports to ferry aid and relief supplies to quake-devastated Haiti in a bid to free major logjams, a senior US military commander said Thursday.</p><p>In addition to the Caribbean nation's main port of entry, Port-au-Prince airport, US forces were ...
Getty Images | 2010-01-14 23:27:02
MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 14: Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, United States Air Force, Commander of United States Southern Command, addresses the media outside US SOUTHCOM Headquarters to discuss aid efforts to the nation of Haiti after a devastating earthquake there earlier ...
