Special Tactics Airmen and Coast Guard Bring Crucial Help to Haiti
Mil & Intel
By Joshua Skovlund | August 20, 2021
US Air Force Special Tactics airmen and the Coast Guard are on the ground providing assistance to Haitians following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, Aug. 14, and a tropical depression Monday that brought widespread flooding to Haiti.
The back-to-back natural disasters have destroyed homes, resources, and lives. Early estimates show more than 500 people dead and a further 9,000 injured so far, according to a UNICEF press release. The earthquake and tropical depression Grace are the latest in the country’s long history of natural disasters that have devastated Haitians.
Combat controllers and pararescuemen from the 24th Special Operations Wing arrived on the ground within approximately 24 hours of being notified of their new mission. Along with personnel from the US Coast Guard, they are bringing much-needed medical treatment, humanitarian supplies, and rescue capabilities to the Haitian people.
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