List Of Military Aid In Haiti

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ur hearts and prayers go out to all Haitians tonight. While still early, cable news is reporting possibly 100,000 casualties. The number is beyond comprehension. Right now Haiti needs our support. You can donate $10 to the Red Cross Haiti relief by texting HAITI to 90999.

Armed forces are playing a major role in the relief effort, especially in these early stages. Below is a list of military aid operations in Haiti by country. It is quick and dirty, but the situation is developing too fast for something more. If you find events I am missing, please email me here. I will update as I can.

Last Updated: January 15th, 10:25am PST

Note: Two good sources of information on the maritime relief efforts: Information Dissemination and Next Navy.

Argentina

• Argentine Mobile Military Hospital is reportedly the only functional hospital in Port-au-Prince as of 10:49 on January 13th
• Argentine helicopters are evacuating casualties to Santo Domingo
• Argentine is reportedly sending a plane of aid to the area

Poland

• The Tu-154M airplane with a rescue team is arranged to depart in early hours of 15 January Warsaw time.

Qatar

• Qatar sent a 26-member rescue team and C-17 strategic transport aircraft loaded with 50 tons of relief materials.

Russia

• Russia sends air mobile hospital and other aircraft

Turkey

• The Turkish government has also prepared a military transport plane which will be used to carry in a field hospital and emergency medical team.

Portugal

• The government announced it will send a C-130 with 32 members of the disaster rescue team “Protecção Civil” (Civil Protection) and immediate cash relief of half a million Euros.

Mexico

• As an emergency response the government sent three military aircraft carrying over 20 tons in supplies
• The government also confirmed the imminent departure of the Navy’s ARM Papaloapan amphibious lander and ARM Huasteco hospital ship.

Jamaica

• 150 JDF personnel, armed with technical expertise in a variety of areas, would be participating in the search-and-rescue mission, the paramount exercise to be executed in the aftermath of the earthquake.

United States

• The U.S. Air Force is flying an RQ-4 Global Hawk out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, to provide overhead views of the situation in Haiti, and is providing the images over the unclassified Internet to anyone who needs them.
• 1/14/10 @ 11:59 PST: More than 300 U.S. military personnel are in Haiti now, helping the aid effort, according to military officials. More than 5,000 are expected there by early next week, including 3,000 soldiers and 2,200 Marines, the officials say.
• 1/14/10 @ 5:02 EST: P.J. Crowley, U.S. State Department spokesman, says U.S. military air traffic controllers are running the Port-au-Prince airport through an agreement with the Haitian government.
• 1/14/10 @ 11:00am PST: DEPLOYING: USS Carl Vinson, USS Underwood, USS Bataan, USS Normandy, USS Higgins, USS Fort McHenry, 22nd MEU, USNS Comfort, IN HAITI: USS Higgins, SOUTHCOM assessment /C2 team, AF Special Ops personnel
• 1/14/10 * 10:16am PST: Air Force Special Operations Command sending C-130Es, MC-130P, and MC-130Ws to transport aid to Haiti
• 1/14/10 @ 10:14am PST: MEU is 22nd out of Lejeune aboard USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall and USS Fort McHenry
• 1/14/10 @ 9:52am PST: 2,000 Marine MEU is prepping for 90day deployment to Haiti
• 3,5000 900 82nd Airborne Division brigade paratroopers deploy to Haiti via C-17.
• US military secures main airport.
• Air Force 1st Special Operations Wing deploying to Port-au-Prince to provide emergency air traffic control.
• Navy P-3 Orion surveyed earthquake damage.
• USS Carl Vinson deploying to Haiti to provide airlift capacity.
• SOUTHCOM considering sending flat-top amphibious ship with a MEU to provide disaster relief and possibility security.
• Coast Guard Cutters and Navy Destroyers headed to Haiti.
• One 82nd Airborne Division brigade put on alert for possible Haitian deployment.
• SOUTHCOM deploying 30-man team to Haiti to examine damage and coordinate military relief response.
• Air Force C-130s are delivering civilian search and rescue teams to Haiti
• USNS Comfort, a USN hospital ship is preparing to deploy to Haiti
• Coast Guard Cutters Valiant, Mohawk, Tahoma, and Forward are deployed or deploying to Haiti
• Haitian refugees could go to Gitmo.

Brazil

• Immediate aid will be dispatched as two C-130 Hercules aircraft carry, in total, 28 tons of food (sugar, powdered milk, sardines and ham), bottled water and other supplies to help the affected people.
• In addition, the Brazilian Navy will deploy a ship to Haiti with equipment capable of producing drinkable water.^[31] This is Brazil’s largest foreign aid contribution in response to a natural disaster.
• The Brazilian army is currently doing its work on foot due to the amount of debris on roads. With the largest contingent of foreign troops in Haiti, Brazil’s servicemen are providing help in the search for survivors.
• The Brazilian Army is also sending 18 detection dogs to help with the body search.
• The Brazilian government said on Thursday that it is sending another two C-130 planes loaded with aid supplies to Haiti after a devastating earthquake hit the small Caribbean nation on Tuesday.
• At least two field hospitals will be built by the Brazilian Air Force and Navy in Port-au-Prince, as many local health workers were killed or injured when the three largest hospitals in the Haitian capital collapsed in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake.
• Ministry of Defense has ordered its troops in the country to do whatever they can to provide assistance.

Canada

• Canada sending military Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART).
• Two navy frigates on standby in the Atlantic Ocean.
• Canadian helicopters being flown over to provide airlift and evacuate Canadians if necessary.

France

• France is sending ships and a hospital ship to Haiti.
• Two ships, the Siroco and the BATRAL Francis Garnier were dispatched.
• 400 French civil guard and security personnel will be in Haiti

Italy

• The Italian government has prepared a military transport plane which will be used to carry in a field hospital and emergency medical team.

Dominican Republic

• According to sources, 19 private planes and 14 military helicopters are being used to carry help to Haiti.

Colombia

• On January 14 a C-130 aircraft departed for Haiti with 3 tons of rescue, medical and security supplies, a mobile military hospital, several medical and rescue teams plus search and rescue trained dogs.

Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.

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