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Coast Guard cutters from Sector San Juan and Sector Jacksonville anchor off the coast of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Sept. 11, 2017

DoD Provides Update on Hurricane Irma Response Efforts

WASHINGTON — Naval, air and ground assets from the Defense Department are ready to initiate response operations in Florida and will continue Hurricane Irma response operations throughout the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico region, a DoD spokesman said.

An 82nd Airborne Division soldier works with USS Iwo Jima sailors to pump out the basement of a hospital flooded by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. The U.S. military is ready to provide help to U.S. communities when confronted by disaster, Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commander of U.S. Army North, said at a Defense Writers’ Group event in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, 2016. Army photo

Oct. 5, 2016

U.S. Army North Stands Ready in Event of Disasters, Attacks

WASHINGTON — Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commander of U.S. Army North, said he agrees with a previous commander’s statement that “if you weren’t paranoid when you came to this command, you certainly will be when you leave.” The command is charged with defending the homeland in the event of a natural disaster or an act of war.