Nepal Earthquake

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dan Dixon, 36th Contingency Response Group mobile command and control controller, coordinates with transiting aircraft to receive ground support. The controllers provide an important c 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. Air Force Airmen, Dover AFB, Del., load a C-17 Globemaster III with approximately 70,000 pounds of equipment and supplies for the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, April 26, 2015, at Dover Air F More

The district managed the design and construction of the $1.2 million blood center at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. The facility suffered no damage in the earthquake and remained operable.

U.S. Air Force personnel load relief supplies for victims of the Nepal earthquake into a USAF C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., at March Air Force Base, Calif., April 26, 2015. The U.S. Age More

A medium sized urban search and rescue team made up of 57 members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and 60,000 pounds of equipment, activated by USAID, board a C-17 Globemaster III at March Air Reserve More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tim Peck, looks out a paratrooper door while taxiing in an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III delivering supplies and search and rescue teams to Katmandu, Nepal, April 28, 2015. U.S. Air F More

U.S. Air Force Airmen offload from a USAF C-17 Globemaster III relief supplies for victims of the Nepal earthquake, April 28, 2015. The Air Force transported relief supplies along with members of the United Sta More

U.S. Marines Maj. Warren Leong, left, and Maj. Joseph L. White plan relief efforts April 29 before leaving here in support of the disaster relief for Nepal. U.S. Pacific Command sent a military Joint Humanitari More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alexis M. Osorio-Rosales ties down a pallet of supplies April 29 in support of the disaster relief for Nepal. U.S. Pacific Command sent a military Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Tea More

U.S. Marine Corps Landing Support Specialists assigned to 3D Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment-3, prepare cargo in order for it to be loaded onto a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 at K-5 Righ More

U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps personnel load gear for a U.S. Pacific Command Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team onto a U.S. Marine Corps C-130 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on April 29, 2015. The survey t More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to depart from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2015. VMM-262 will be pre-staging aircr More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to depart Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2015. VMM-262 will be pre-staging aircraft o More

Capt. Matthew Lawton, 517th Airlift Squadron deputy readiness flight commander, and Capt. Brandon Ongna, 517th AS deputy standardization and evaluation flight commander, both C-17 Globemaster III pilots, run th More

U.S. Marine MV-22B Ospreys arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 3. U.S. Marines also brought an UH-1Y Huey, tools and equipment to support the government of Nepal. The Nepalese Gov More

U.S. Marines wait to load onto a flight for Nepal from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, May 4, 2015. Marines prepared to depart in order to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in supp More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Paul J. Kennedy, Bloomfield, Conn., and United States Agency for International Development principal regional advisor, William Berger, receive a brief prior to their departure on a UH-1Y More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy, Bloomfield, Conn., talks with Lt. Gen. John Wissler at the Kathmandu airport shortly after his arrival on May 4, 2015. The Nepalese Government requested the U.S. Gover More

Members of the Multi-National Military Coordination Center conduct their morning briefing at the operations center in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 5, 2015. The Nepalese Government requested the U.S. Government’s assis More

Lt. Col. Rick Richard stands in front of a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Richard, along with Airmen throughout Yokota representing a variety of career specialties, left to support the g More

Members of the 36th Contingency Response Group load a baggage pallet prior to departing for Kathmandu, Nepal, Andersen Air Base, Guam, May 5, 2015. The CRG will join U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for More

Sgt. Juan Alcaraz stands next to a UH-1Y Huey prior to departure at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 5. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 and Marine Medium Til More

Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group prepare to unload cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, at Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal, May 5, 2015. The 36th CRG is a rapid-deployment uni More

Yokota airmen board a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Airmen departed to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in support of the government of Nepal in the wake o More

Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler shakes hands with Alfonso Lenhardt May 5 at Tribhuvan international airport before they depart to village Bhirkuna Deurali, Nepal. Wissler, Lenhardt and other members of the United Stat More

U.S. and Nepalese service members work in the Joint Task Force (JTF) 505 Joint Operations Command Center (FWD) on May 6, 2015. The Nepalese Government requested the U.S. Government’s assistance after a 7.8 magn More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Vile, 36th Mobility Response Squadron cyber transport systems technician, sets up a satellite communications antenna at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, 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. Marine Cpl. Thor J. Larson, from Hickory, North Carolina, is deployed as part of Joint Task Force 505 in Kathmandu, Nepal following the earthquake that struck there. Larson is a combat correspondent for JT More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brad Fultz, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade foreign area officer, boards a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with members of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force on Kadena Air Base, Japan More

A Nepalese service member stands guard at the multinational military coordination center in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 6. The Nepalese government requested assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the coun More

Imagery captured during an aerial survey flight flown by members of Joint Task Force 505, May 7, shows areas affected by an earthquake in outlying villages near Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepalese government request More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, Joint Task Force 505 commander, along with members of his staff, prepare to board an aerial survey flight May 7 in order to observe outlying villages near Kathmandu, More

U.S. Air Force Airmen arrive at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, May 7, 2015. The Airmen make up the Joint Air Component Coordination Element of Joint Task Force 505, and joined JTF Marines in Thaila More

Imagery captured during an aerial survey flight flown by members of Joint Task Force 505, May 7, shows areas affected by an earthquake in outlying villages near Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepalese government request More

Imagery captured during an aerial survey flight flown by members of Joint Task Force 505, May 7, shows areas affected by an earthquake in outlying villages near Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepalese government request More

U.S. Marines and Nepalese soldiers prepare to transport food, water, and shelter supplies to the Nepalese in the rural areas of Nepal, May 7. The Nepalese government requested assistance from U.S. Agency for In 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

The 36th Contingency Response Group Airmen work with Bangladesh Air Force members to remove relief supplies from their C-130 Hercules May 7, 2015, at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 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 woman purchases goods from a street vendor outside the Nepalese army parade grounds in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 8. Following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal, April 25, the country continues to ret 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. Air Force 36th Contingency Response Group Airmen unload relief supplies from an Ilyushin IL-76 cargo aircraft at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 8. The Airmen arrived in Nepal More

U.S. Air Force engineers with the 36th Contingency Response Group, Joint Task Force 505 write down measurements used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of the soil at the Tribhuvan Internation 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

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Minihan, commander of the Joint Air Component Coordination Element of Joint Task Force 505, briefs Royal Thai Gen. Surapong Suwana-adth, deputy chief of staff of the Royal Thai More

A U.S. Marine UH-1Y Huey loaded with supplies lands in Charikot, Nepal, May 8. U.S. Marines and Nepalese soldiers delivered supplies to Charikot and other the rural areas of Nepal. The Nepalese government reque 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. Navy HM2 (FMF/AW) Jessica Gomez, from Carey, Idaho, records notes at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 9. Gomez is a corpsman with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 cur More

U.S. Marine Sgt. James L. Hibler, from Arlington, Texas, and Sgt. Ward M. Johnson IV, from Charleston, South Carolina, stand next to a UH-1Y Huey at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Josh Foley, 36th Mobility Response Squadron aerial port supervisor, guides a Canadian Forces member unloading equipment from their C-17 Globemaster III May 9, at the Tribhuvan Internat 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. Marines and sailors with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-469 attached to Joint task Force 505 stand in front of their UH-1Y Hueys at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 9. 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

A Nepalese army soldier receives a box of aid and relief supplies from Maj. Danny Byrd while loading the supplies onto a UH-1Y Venom in order for them to be delivered to remote areas of Dolakha and Sinduli Dist More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Gromer, an emergency medical technician, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Terrence Wright, an air transportation craftsman, package a cooler containing units of blood with ic More

Tony Wright, a hazardous materials specialist with the Los Angeles Disaster Assistance Response Team, deployed to Nepal shortly after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake April 25. Wright is a Major in the Air Force Re More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Clark Morgan, 36th Mobility Response Squadron Contingency Engineer Flight commander with Joint Task Force 505, and Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal members pack down cold mix asphalt to re 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

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Foley, from Columbus, Ohio, stands at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 11. Foley is contributing to an international joint-service humanitarian aid m More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Josh Foley, 36th Mobility Response Squadron aerial port supervisor, and a Nepalese official help unload relief supplies from an MD-11 cargo aircraft at the Tribhuvan International Airp More

Members of the Nepal army conduct a press conference for Operartion SAHAYOGI HAAT at the mutlinational military coordination center in Kathmandu, May 11. U.S. and Nepalese service members work in the Joint Tas More

A member of the humanitarian organization Samaritan’s Purse waits to board a UH-1Y Venom, with Joint Task Force 505, for transportation to the Villages of Chilangka and Worang, Nepal, May, 11, during Operation 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

A by the numbers look at Joint Task Force 505 relief efforts during Operation Sahayogi Haat (Helping Hand) in Nepal as of May 11, 2015. The Nepalese government requested assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthqu More

Nepalese army soldiers unload aid and relief supplies, delivered by Joint Task Force 505, from a UH-1Y Venom in the Kavrepalanchowk District, Nepal, May, 11, during Operation Sahayogi Haat. The Nepalese Govern More

A U.S. Marine carries a child off a helicopter to a triage at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12. Joint Task Force 505 service members are in Nepal conducting earthquake recovery op More

U.S. Airman 1st Class Patrick Gorski and Hania Cruz, Joint Task Force 505 client systems technicians, work on computer software updates at the JTF 505 Intermediate Staging Base, Utapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield More

U.S. Marines and Nepalese army soldiers transport an earthquake victim from a UH-1 Huey helicopter for medical care at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12. Joint Task Force 505 membe 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

A member of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team prepares his equipment before departing from a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, to a local village to conduct 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. military and Royal Thai Armed Forces members stand at attention in preparation to welcome W. Patrick Murphy, Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Thailand, during his visit to Utapao Royal Thai Naval A More

Lt. Col. Edward Powers, commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, briefs his squadron moments before a search and rescue mission for a missing UH-1Y Huey, six Marines and two Nep More

A member of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Search and Rescue team takes a moment to eat and rest in between providing aid to earthquake victims at a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airpor More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman directs U.S. Marines carrying a Nepalese man to a triage at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13. Joint Task Force 505 service members are in Nepal cond More

Stretchers are staged for incoming earthquake victims at a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the country. Joint Task Force 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. Marine Cpl. Carringtyn L. Chaffee, from Roseville, California, prepares a UH-1Y Huey helicopter for a search and rescue mission at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13. A UH-1Y Hue More

U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey with Joint Task Force 505 departs for a search and rescue mission out of the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal May 13. The Osprey, which is assigned to Marine Medium Til More

U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey with Joint Task Force 505 departs for a search and rescue mission out of the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal May 13. The Osprey, which is assigned to Marine Medium Til More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Shane Reed, 36th Mobility Response Squadron operations superintendent, trains Nepalese army soldiers on specific forklift functions at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu More

Relief supplies from the World Food Programme are staged to be loaded onto an MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14, in order to be delivered to remote locations during Opera More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael A. Minihan, left, W. Patrick Murphy, the U.S. Chargé d’affaires to Thailand, center, and Royal Thai Armed Forces Navy Rear Admiral Graisrl Gesom pose for a photo together durin More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Josh Foley, 36th Mobility Response Squadron aerial port supervisor, loads relief supplies onto a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey May 14, at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joe Damian, 36th Contingency Response Group independent duty medical technician-paramedic, walks to a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey for a casualty evacuation mission at the Tribhuvan More

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules lands at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 15. The aircrew helped transport Joint Task Force 505 equipment to assist the government of Nepal and U.S. A More

Lt. Gen. John W. Wissler talks at a press conference about the found UH-1Y Huey that went missing after conducting casualty evacuations when Nepal was struck with a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, May 15 at Kathmandu 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