U.S. to Send Amphibious Warship to Haiti to Support Earthquake Relief
By: Sam LaGrone
August 16, 2021 6:31 PM
A deployed Air Station Clearwater Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a citizen in Haiti on Aug. 15, 2021. US Coast Guard Photo
The U.S. is preparing to send an amphibious warship to support the ongoing disaster relief efforts in Haiti following a massive earthquake that shook the island nation on Saturday, a defense official told USNI News on Monday.
The amphibious warship will join the ongoing Department of Defense mission in support of U.S. Agency for International Development efforts following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 1,300 people on the island, according to the government in Port au Prince.
The brunt of the quake hit the southwestern Tiburon Peninsula and blocked roads and collapsed bridges cutting off towns from support from the road, Sarah Charles, assistant to the administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance told The Miami Herald.
On Sunday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told U.S. Southern Command commander, Adm. Craig Faller, to assist in the USAID effort, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday. Joint Task Force Haiti supports the humanitarian effort and is led by Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command South. A team of 14 from the military is on the ground to assess the need from the U.S. while Navy and Coast Guard aircraft and Coast Guard cutters are on scene.
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