The US Military is
not just about warfare. These people also do great things to help others in
life-threatening situations. Here are a few examples:
Our US Navy docked an
aircraft carrier in Indonesia when the tsunami devastated their coastline
population. Their nuclear power plant powered emergency facilities of their
largest port city. Their helicopters provided medical help, food and safe water
to villages trapped further inland, evacuated the seriously injured, and treated
them in three hospitals on board the carrier.
When the earthquake
hit Haiti, the US Air Force used Golden Hawk surveillance aircraft to map the
area and determine where help was most needed. Medical paratroopers parachuted
supplies and personnel to aid the victims and provide emergency relief in
inaccessible areas. The airport built to handle 13 aircraft per day was
upgraded by the US Military to handle 113 aircraft per day, with transport and
storage of relief supplies, a beefed up runway to handle large cargo aircraft,
fuel from harbored military vessels to keep these planes flying, and other
rescue operations. Our US Military saved countless lives and empowered
humanitarian groups to accomplish their ministry to one of the poorest nations
in our hemisphere.
The US Military
continues to help Japan to overcome the damage from the tsunami and earthquake
that devastated their nation, including the damage to their nuclear power
facilities.
A US Air Force group
called "Guardian Angels" were preparing for a training exercise that turned into
a real rescue mission. Here is their story reported in the "Daily Report" a
publication of the Air Force Association.
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Guardian Angels of
the 563rd Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., parachuted into the Pacific
Ocean and treated two critically injured Chinese fishermen after their fishing
boat caught fire and sank. A Venezuelan boat picked up the Chinese fishermen and
radioed for help, which prompted the 563rd RQG to respond. "We were preparing
for the [Angel Thunder] training exercise when we were notified of what was
going on," said 1st Lt. Ben Schmidt, 48th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer,
in a May 7 release [of "Listpilot" an Air Force web publication]. "As a Guardian
Angel, this is what we are trained and equipped to do, so there is no better way
to show our capabilities." The Guardian Angels, consisting of combat rescue
officers and pararescuemen, flew nearly 11 hours in an HC-130J, parachuted over
the Pacific, and boarded the Venezuelan boat, where they assessed and stabilized
the injured fishermen, according to a May 4 release [also in Listpilot]. Once
they reached Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the Guardian Angels airlifted the fishermen
to a burn facility in La Jolla, Calif. Angel Thunder, the world's largest combat
search and rescue exercise, kicked off May 4 and will go through May
17.
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Did you hear or read
about this in the "lamestream" media? No? Why is that NOT newsworthy?
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