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Puerto Rico hit again by hurricane

Sept. 20, 2017

National Guard Plans Relief Efforts as Hurricane Maria Slams Puerto Rico

ARLINGTON, Va. — As Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, National Guard troops and members of federal agencies throughout the Caribbean region were making disaster relief preparations.

aerial view of U.S. Naval Air Station Key West - Boca Chica Field after flooding caused by Hurricane Irma

Sept. 15, 2017

DLA Energy continues support for FEMA Hurricane Irma relief

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Florida — Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s Task Force Americas relocated from Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia to Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, Florida to support Federal Emergency Management Agency relief operations there, Sept. 14.

First responders from the Mexican states of Jalisco and Michoacán practice bringing a drowning victim to shore using a rescue sled donated by U.S. Northern Command in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, March 22, 2017. As part of USNORTHCOM's humanitarian assistance mission, members of the U.S. Public Health Service provided water search and rescue training to Mexican first responders. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Lauren Hill/Released)

March 30, 2017

U.S., Mexican Civilian First Responders Complete Water Search and Rescue Training

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico — As the warm blue waves crash onto the shore of a resort town in the Pacific Ocean, a lifeguard on duty notices a young female tourist shouting for help 50 meters away. She scrambles for a breath just before she’s pulled underwater by the forceful current. The lifeguard dons his life vest and rushes to save the drowning victim.  This situation is

The U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Humanitarian Assistance Program, the U.S. Consulate General in Nogales, FESAC - Fundación del Empresariado Sonorense, the University of Arizona, and ARSOBO jointly hosted their inaugural Public Private Partnership (PPP) Workshop in Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Feb. 10-11, 2017.

Feb. 16, 2017

U.S. & Mexico Host Joint Humanitarian Assistance Workshop

Peterson AFB, Colo. — The U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Humanitarian Assistance Program, the U.S. Consulate General in Nogales, FESAC - Fundación del Empresariado Sonorense, the University of Arizona, and ARSOBO jointly hosted their inaugural Public Private Partnership (PPP) Workshop in Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Feb. 10-11, 2017. More than fifty