Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief

Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to board an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wild Cards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Pelel More

Cpl. Dennis Hurst, assigned to Combat Cargo, prepares Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief supplies to be loaded on an MH-60S Seahawk aboard amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5). Peleliu is sending an More

The USS Essex (LHD 2), Amphibious Ready Group, anchors off the port April 1 during a clean-operation of the Oshima Island after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island March 11. Marines and sailors with the More

Two homes remain standing amongst what used to be a small neighborhood, but is now cluttered with debris after a tsunami ripped through the northern coastal areas of Japan March 11. The tsunami was triggered by More

Cpl. Bryan S. Barrow and Ikuta Yataru, 8, shovel dirt during a clean-up operation here April 2. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, are aiding local gove More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and Task Force 505, shakes the hand of Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Eiji Kimizuka, commanding general More

Cpl. Bryan S. Barrow and Ikuta Yataru, 8, shovel dirt during a clean-up operation here April 2. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, are aiding local gove More

More than 200 Marines from 3d Marine Logistics Group embarked the Tortuga to depart to the Kingdom of Thailand to provide support and assistance for flood relief operations in coordination with the Royal Govern More

Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga prepare to use the ship's crane to offload Combat Logistics Regiment 3 equipment that will be used for flood relief here Nov 28. More

A 7-ton medium tactical vehicle replacement, belonging to Combat Logistics Regiment 3, is lifted out of the well deck of the USS Tortuga here Nov. 28. Several 7-tons, tractor rubber-tire articulated steer multi More

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Quirindongo Velazquez of 84th Battalion Engineer Company and Builder 3rd Class Saul GarciaSantibanez of Construction Battalion Mobile Unit 303 shovel dirt at a construction site as part o More

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge, deputy assistant chief of staff, G-7, gives a lecture to students at the Tohoku University on the Marine Corps Installations Pacific Home Stay Program and the efforts III Marine Expediti More

Students at the Tohoku University in Sendai, mainland Japan, actively participate in a lecture Jan. 11 by Dr. Robert D. Eldridge, deputy assistant chief of staff, G-7 community policy, planning and liaison offi More

Maj. Gen. Melvin Spiese (left), commanding general of 1stMarine Expeditionary Brigade, speaks with Randy Smith (center), manager of the Plans, Policies and Operations Department of Headquarters, U.S. Marine Cor More

A reconnaissance man with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion checks his camouflage face paint during a patrol Feb. 20 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. The Marines maintained noise and light di More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cheng Vang a Motor Transport Operator, with Combat Logistics Battalion Three (CLB-3), mans a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon while in the turret of an High Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicl More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), unroll a field tent at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 3, 2013. More than 20 Battalion Marines and Sailors executed a Hum More

Capt. Christian Amaya passes a baton to Maj. John R. Boutin Nov. 11 during a Marine Corps birthday relay race around Okinawa. Two teams of ten Marines competed against each other in a friendly rivalry of esprit More

Lt. Gen. John Wissler speaks with Manny Pacquiao Dec. 6 at Camp Courtney. Pacquiao, a native of the Philippines, wanted to personally thank Wissler for the U.S. military’s support in delivering humanitarian ass More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off from Ford Island during a Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) response as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more t More

Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug, from Phoenix, Arizona, deployed to Kathmandu, Nepal with Joint Task Force 505 shortly after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country April 25. JTF 505 was called upon by the Nepale More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brian D. Psolka, front-left, and members of the Northeastern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force move humanitarian aid and disaster relief supplies aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor air More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Anthony J. Clement, left, discusses upcoming training with Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie Col. Lun Scumnang prior to the start of Royal Preah Khan Jan. 12. Royal Preah Khan is a simulated humanita More

Cambodian Royal Gendarmerie Pvt. Sopheak Phat assists in planning the response to a simulated humanitarian aid mission Jan. 15 during Royal Preah Khan in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Royal Preah Khan is a simulated hu More

Hironobu Sugawara, center, speaks with Ginowan City residents and city officials Jan. 29 at the Isa District Community Center about lessons learned in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent More

U.S. Navy Commander Brad P. Donnelly, from East Northport, New York, waits for a flight to Kathmandu, Nepal, May 6 on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. U.S. Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen flew to Nepal May 6 to More

U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Peter Bodde provides an update to international donors about the U.S. government’s overall response and the interagency operation in Kathmandu, Nepal. “We are ready, the international c More

U.S. service members and aid workers from Joint Task Force 505 conduct a brief at the U.S. Embassy Annex in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 8. The Nepalese government requested assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake More

Nepalese service members plan the loading of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies onto a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Joint Task Force 505 at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kat More

A Nepalese man sits outside of a medical tent at the Israel Defense Force Medical Corps’ Field Hospital May 8 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The IDF set up the hospital capable of performing small surgeries. Israel, alon More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 work together to repair a Hawkeye III Lite satellite communication system at the U.S. Embassy Annex in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 8. The Nepalese government requested a More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jones, center, converses with Nepalese service members during Joint Task Force 505 humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 8 More

A member of the Israel Defense Force, right, speaks with a Canadian soldier before a brief at the multi-national military coordination center May 8 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The IDF set-up a field hospital with capa More

Nepalese service members work with Singaporean airmen to move relief supplies at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 9. The Nepalese government requested the U.S. government’s assistance afte More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jesus E. Gonzalez, from Chicago, Illinois, works at the Joint Task Force 505 forward camp May 9 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Gonzalez is a meteorologist/oceanographer analyst for JTF 505, which is comp More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Rod Legowski, center, operations officer, Joint Task Force 505, talks to Royal Air Force Capt. James Dean, left, commander, permanent joint force headquarters forward, and Royal Navy More

Members from Joint Task Force 505, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Nepalese Army conduct a multinational working group at the U.S. Embassy Annex, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 9, to discuss fligh More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Baker, assigned to Joint Task Force 505 in support of Operation SAHAYOGI HAAT, guides Japanese Ground Self Defense Force members to an MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International More

A Nepalese service member stands in front a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom from Joint Task Force 505 at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 10. The Nepalese government requested the U.S. gover More

Nepalese soldiers load an MV-22 Osprey with supplies May 10 as part of the international relief effort after the Nepal earthquake. The U.S. Marines, a part of Joint Task Force 505, flew the Osprey from the Trib More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy, commander of Joint Task Force 505 Forward Command Element, speaks with a medical team from India at the Multinational Military Coordination Center, Kathmandu, Nepal, M More

Members from the Samaritan’s Purse International Relief Organization prepare to depart to Chilangka and Worang on a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom assigned to Joint Task Force 505 at Tribhuvan International Airp More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 and Nepalese soldiers unload casualties to a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the More

U.S. Marines from Joint Task Force 505 and Nepalese service members carry casualties to a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the co More

Nepalese citizens race into the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, in response to a 7.3 magnitude aftershock hitting the country. Joint Task Force 505 along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief org More

U.S. Airmen from Joint Task Force 505 unload humanitarian assistance supplies from a Pakistani military aircraft at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13. Joint Task Force 505 along with oth More

U.S. Marines from Joint Task Force 505 unload earthquake victims from aircraft at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13. JTF 505 along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relie More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 load relief supplies onto a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 16. JTF 505 along with other multinational for More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 stand by to receive an earthquake victim from an arriving U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 16. JTF 505 alon More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 load relief supplies from Samaritan’s Purse International Relief Organization onto a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 treat earthquake victims in a medical tent set up at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 16. Joint Task Force 505 along with other multinational More

U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 transport relief supplies from the United States Agency for International Development to a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathm More

U.S. service members with Joint Task Force 505 observe a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom prepare to depart Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19 during Operation Sahayogi Haat. JTF 505 along w More

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom with Joint Task Force 505 prepares to depart from Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19 during Operation Sahayogi Haat. JTF 505 along with other multinationa More

Joint Task Force 505 service members prepare to load a UH-1Y Huey helicopter onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19. The plane is bringing More

U.S. service members with Joint Task Force 505 board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 21 after Operation Sahayogi Haat. JTF 505 along with other mu More

Participants of the Exercise Cobra Gold 16 Medical Symposium work through a humanitarian assistance disaster response scenario Feb. 11 at the K.P. Grand Hotel, Chanthaburi, Thailand. The symposium, Feb. 9-12, f More

Joint, interagency and multinational sustainment experts gathered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 14, 2016, for Angkor Opening 2016, a week-long exchange and table top exercise designed to build partnerships, in More

The 130th Theater Engineer Brigade's leadership looks out at the formation of participants as U.S. and Cambodian forces officially open Angkor Sentinel 2016, an annual bilateral military exercise hosted by the More

Maj. Gen. Todd McCaffrey, U.S. Army Pacific Deputy Commander, pays his respects to Cambodian traditions during the closing ceremony of Angkor Sentinel 2016, March 25, 2016, at the Training School for Multinatio More

A Marine with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., provides security at Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz., during a Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (H More

U.S. Service members load relief supplies from the United States Agency for International Development onto a CH-53E Super Stallion at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct 16, 2016. The Marines and sailors with the 24th M More

U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Petty and Petty Officer 3rd Class Hannah Blanco boatswains’s mates aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sequoia, load packages onto the ship for Operation Christma More

First Lt. William Lawlor, a C-130 Hercules pilot from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, reads flight charts prior to takeoff Dec. 6, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Service members from More

170611-N-OU129-022 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (June 11, 2017) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 11 to support humanitarian assistance operations in t More

170612-N-OU129-302 GALLE, Sri Lanka (June 12, 2017) Sailors from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) work with Sri Lankan Marines and Red Cross personnel in Galle, Sri Lanka, June More

170612-N-OU129-025 MATARA, Sri Lanka (June 12, 2017) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jason McEntire from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) works with Sri Lankan Marines to repair leve More

170613-N-OU129-053 KADUWELLA, Sri Lanka (June 13, 2017) Machinist Mate 3rd Class Jean-Paul Krachtus from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) works with Sri Lankan Marines and Red More

170615-N-OU129-025 KALUTARA, Sri Lanka (June 15, 2017) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Sarah Perez from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) interacts with st More

Sgt. Kyle H. Csizmar, a squad leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, looks out toward the Pacific Ocean aboard a Landing Craft Utility during a humanitarian assistance-di More

Cpl. Jesse A. Beaver, a team leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, shoots an azimuth with a lensatic compass during an amphibious raid as part of the 31st Marine Expedit More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 walks along Freshwater Beach, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, in the morning during humanitarian assistance-disaster relief training as part of C More

U.S. Marines and Sailors move a medium tactical vehicle replacement (MTVR) aboard the USS Kearsarge at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Aug. 31, 2017. Approximately 690 Marines from the 26th MEU, II Marine Expeditio More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Farrell J. Sullivan, center, commanding officer, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), addresses local media aboard the USS Kearsarge at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Aug. 31, 2017. Approxi More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Farrell J. Sullivan, commanding officer, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), addresses Marines before going underway aboard the USS Kearsarge at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Aug. 31, 201 More

U.S. Marine Maj. Andrew C. Lee, right, operations officer, Joint Task Force – Leeward Islands, develops a plan for Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Relief (HADR) with other U.S. Marines and U.S. Soldiers belo More

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with service members from Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands prepares for departure from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Sept. 14, 2017. At the request of partner nations, JTF-LI i More

7-tons belonging to Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sit staged during a humanitarian assistance-disaster relief training as part of MEU Exercise at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. More

180714-N-SB520-1002 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 14, 2018) International service members man the tactical operations center (TOC) for the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exerc More

160713-N-MZ309-100 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 13, 2016) – Sailors aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) treat a patient during a humanitarian aid/disaster relief exercise as part of Rim of the Pacific 201 More

160713-N-MZ309-004 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 13, 2016) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jaime Cardenas, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), documents incoming casualties during a humanitarian aid/di More

180714-N-SB520-1006 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 14, 2018) The expeditionary tents serve in support of the humanitarian assistance disaster exercise (HADR) phase of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPA More

180714-N-SB520-1007 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 14, 2018) The expeditionary tents serve in support of the humanitarian assistance disaster exercise (HADR) phase of RIMPAC at Joint Base Pearl Ha More

180714-N-SB520-1004 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 14, 2018) The tactical operations center serves as the command and control center for the humanitarian assistance disaster exercise (HADR) phase More

A Landing Ship, Utility offloads Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief training evolution at White Beach, Okinawa, April 19 More

A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fills a five gallon water jug aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 11, 2018. Marines and Sailors with Combat L More

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team prepares to depart for Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter wi More

Sgt. Jesse Benavente, a radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, carries gear to a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.) at Andersen Air Force Base as part of typhoo More

Cpl. Curtis D. Patton, a motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, grabs tools to fix a 7-ton truck inside the well deck aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), Sept. 12, 2018 More

edfCorpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 assist a patient at the Rota Health Clinic during typhoon relief efforts in Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Sept. 12, 2018. Service members fro More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.) prepares to drop off Marines and Sailors with supplies to clean up debris on during typhoon relief efforts in Rota, Commonwealth of the More

Lt. Col. Christopher Johnson, left, Combat Logistics Battalion 31 Commanding Officer, and Ralph Torres, center, the governor of Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island, and Efraim Atalig, right, the mayor of Ro More

Maj. Andrew C. Kolb, Inspector-Instructor with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, addresses 4th MarDiv Marines and Sailors at McCrady Training Center, South Carolina, Sept. 17, 2018. Marine More

181101-N-WR252-012 TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (Nov. 1, 2018) A Sailor assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 removes downed trees and other debris from the Tinian Medical C More

181103-N-WR252-006 TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (Nov. 3, 2018) Builder 2nd Class Anthony Desalvo, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, gives training to local Tinian offic More

U.S. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion clear buildings to establish the command and control center during the Deployable Joint Command and Control Communications Exercise at the Central Training Area, Ok More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joe Rappola, a Pacific Angel 19-4 civil engineer, works with local contractors to builds a wall during PAC ANGEL 19-4 in Lae, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 6, 2019. Rappola is one of 16 engi More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Evans, Pacific Angel 19-4 mission commander, and Papua New Guinea Defense Force Lt. Col. Bruno Malau discuss PAC Angel 19-4 civic action project plans at Igam Base in Lae, Papua New More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Writer, a Pacific Angel 19-4 general medicine physician, goes over basic AED lifesaver skills with Red Cross volunteers at a health services outreach site at the Bowali Primary School More

Royal Australian air force Squadron Leader Alistair Soon and Papua New Guinea Defence Force Capt. Vasiti Kep, both Pacific Angel 19-4 dentists, discuss treatment options at the health services outreach site in More