Disaster 2021: U.S. military deploys to Haiti, more than 2000 dead!

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Akeel Austin.

U.S. Marines on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, pile onto trucks for deployment to Haiti, 18AUG2021.

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) video by Petty Officer Third Class Erik Villa Rodriguez, 18AUG2021:

On 14AUG2021, Haiti suffered two quakes, one of which was more than 7 in magnitude (officially considered a major earthquake), the other quake was more than 6 magnitude (other reports say 5.3).

Amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) departs Naval Station Norfolk, 17AUG2021. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Jacob Milham.

On 17AUG2021, the USS Arlington shipped-out for Haiti, a Caribbean country known for catastrophic earthquakes.

Inside the Arlington are hundreds of personnel and landing craft loaded with amphibious LARC trucks. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Jack D. Aistrup.

The deployment of the USS Arlington is just one of many military emergency responses by the United States, since August 14th.

Arlington also carries MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class John Bellino.

U.S. Southern Command photo by Sergeant First Class Victor Aguirre.

On 17AUG2021, U.S. Joint Task Force Haiti (created on 15AUG2021 in response to the Haitian quakes on 14AUG2021) and Special Operations Command personnel board a C-130J bound for Haiti, out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Erik Villa Rodriguez.

16AUG2021 over Les Cays, Haiti, you can see a USCG helicopter and a Chilean KC-135 on the airport grounds, part of the massive global response to the catastrophe.

USCG video by Petty Officer Third Class Erik Villa Rodriguez, 15AUG2021:

USCG photo.

On 15AUG2021, the day after the quakes, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) HC-144 Ocean Sentries (Airbus CN-235) deployed from Air Station Miami, Florida.

U.S. Southern Command photo.

Also on the 15th of August on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130J Super Hercules were loaded with supplies from USAID bound for Haiti.

USCG video by Lieutenant David Steele, 15AUG2021:

U.S. Air Force photo by Captain Annabel Monroe.

U.S. Army Joint Task Force-Bravo CH-47 Chinook helicopters take-off from Cayman Islands for the Haiti disaster response, 15AUG2021.

USAF photo by Captain Annabel Monroe.

U.S. Army Joint Task Force-Bravo Black Hawk helicopters deployed from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, for disaster response operations in Haiti, 15AUG2021. U.S. Air Force Special Tactics personnel also deployed from Honduras.