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Harvey: Texas Militia running on fumes?

Image September 11, 2017 Hutchins AAron

“An army marches on its stomach.”-Napoleon Bonaparte

And a modern army rolls with fuel.

Texas Army National Guard personnel fuels-up a HMMWV at Logistical Staging Area Brenham. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.

“In the beginning, this place was pretty hectic. Units were all excited about getting in and getting to work.”-Major Luke Reynard

The Texas National Guard set up a ‘truck stop’ for its units taking part in Harvey rescue/recovery operations.

Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.

Texas Army National Guard’s Logistical Staging Area Brenham is an hour west of Houston and provides food, cots, toilets and fuel.

“We’ve done a good job here. It’s been a good mission. Now we just need to get our people home safe so we can rest and reset for the next natural disaster.”-First Sergeant George Salazar

Soldiers from E Company, Forward Support Company, 1-158, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted fueling ops for helicopters near Conroe, Texas. U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sergeant Felix R. Fimbres, 30AUG2017.

U.S. Air Force Airmen refuel the tanks on Jack Brooks Regional Airport. The fuel was flown in on a HC-130P Combat King-2. USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Hoachlander, 31AUG2017.

HARVEY: EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL!

HARVEY FOOD CRISIS: MARINES DELIVER THE GOODS TO ORANGE!

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Irma: Rescue ‘choppers staged for aftermath

Video September 11, 2017 Hutchins AAron

Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, 10 SEP 2017

Video, U.S. Coast Guard helicopters staged at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, 10 SEP 2017:

Video, U.S. Army Chinooks and Blackhawks staged at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi, 09 SEP 2017:

Other aircraft were sent to Mississippi Air National Guard’s Key Field and the Combat Readiness Training Center – Battlefield Airman Center in Gulfport.

USMC V-22 Ospreys staging at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 10 SEP 2017

Video, USCG aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, sent to Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana, 09 SEP 2017:

IRMA: FLORIDA PREPS, USAF BEGINS SUPPLY FLIGHTS TO PUERTO RICO!

HARVEY, FOOD CRISIS: MARINES DELIVER THE GOODS TO ORANGE!

U.S.

Irma: Florida preps, USAF begins supply flights to Puerto Rico!

Video September 7, 2017 Hutchins AAron

USN personnel, some still wearing civies, fill sandbags near Mayport, Florida, 06SEP2017

Video, C-17 Globemaster-3 load-up at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, destination San Juan, Puerto Rico:

Florida National Guard personnel prepping for activation, 07SEP2017

Air Force Reserve combat aircraft in Florida flown to Texas, 06SEP2017

U.S.

Irma Food Crisis: Coast Guard already handing out MREs!

Image September 6, 2017 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Coast Guard personnel based at Coast Guard Sector San Juan, Puerto Rico, already handing out Meal Ready Eat (MRE) and bottled water in anticipation of record setting Hurricane Irma.

Rescue boats are already staged.

The Hurricane Irma Incident Command Post has already been established.

IRMA: PUERTO RICO TARGETED, FLORIDA & TEXAS PREPS!

Technology, U.S.

Irma: Puerto Rico targeted, Florida & Texas preps!

Video September 6, 2017 Hutchins AAron

USAF radio announcement of National Guard deployments:

The U.S. Navy began evacuating 5-thousand people from Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West in Florida.

Video Coast Guard boat preps in Puerto Rico:

U.S. Coast Guard prepping a boat in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 05 SEP 2017

Irma is now a record category 5 hurricane and another storm called Jose is forming right behind Irma.

Illinois National Guard C-130 crew prepping for deployment to Puerto Rico, 02 SEP 2017

The U.S. Army’s 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, based out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, are in Texas right now as part of Army North’s hurricane command center. They are currently prepping Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems in anticipation of Hurricane Irma.

HARVEY: U.S. ARMY NORTH IN COMMAND

HARVEY: PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA SAVING YOUR CELL PHONES?

U.S.

Harvey: Texas Militia rescues new mascot, named Harvey!

Image September 5, 2017 Hutchins AAron

On 04 SEP 2017 Texas National Guard’s 1-124th Cavalry Squadron was conducting rescue ops in Orange, Texas, when they spotted something on the side of a road.

It was a dog. The unit adopted her, and named her Harvey. Is Harvey a girl’s name?

U.S.

Harvey: What happens to your pets?

Video September 5, 2017 Hutchins AAron

Texas Army National Guard rescue flood victim’s dog in Orange, Texas. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Carl Greenwell, 04SEP2017.

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety Security Team San Francisco rescues a puppy in the Port Arthur area of Texas. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Valerie Higdon, 01SEP2017.

USCG Sector Lower Mississippi River joins with Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Brandon, 02SEP2017.

Video, Darlene Chandler of Harris County Precinct One Constable’s Office praises U.S. Coast Guard’s efforts to save pets and livestock:

Livestock trapped on a sliver of dry land, U.S. Army photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 03SEP2017.

Video, Alabama National Guard drops hay to stranded Texas livestock:

U.S. Customs & Border Patrol rescued pets in Rockport, Texas. USCBP photo by Glenn Fawcett, 27AUG2017.

USCG sailor with Maritime Safety Security Team Seattle rescues a dog in the Beaumont area of Texas. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Valerie Higdon, 01SEP2017.

Cypress Creek, Texas. Texas Army National Guard photo by Captain Martha Nigrelle, 28AUG2017.

WORLD ANIMAL DAY: EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PETS DURING WAR? IT AIN’T PRETTY!

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Harvey: Kentucky Militia rescue ops!

Image August 30, 2017 Hutchins AAron

Prepping boats in Houston, 29 AUG 2017

Rescue mission in Friendswood, Texas

HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!

U.S.

Harvey: Louisiana Militia deploys, hundreds already rescued!

Image August 30, 2017 Hutchins AAron

“Being ready and in place is as important as any training that we do, and our engagements at Parish level are absolutely critical. In anticipation of the storm’s track, we continue prepositioning equipment and vehicles in potentially affected areas as well as responding to the immediate needs of today.”-Major General Glenn H. Curtis

28 AUG 2017, Louisiana’s gov’na John Bel Edwards activated 210 part-time National Guard personnel, to join 230 full-time personnel in rescue operations now going on in The Pelican State.

Louisiana National Guard has been preparing for Harvey for at least a week and already Guard personnel rescued more than 1-hundred people in Lake Charles. Along with Lake Charles Fire Department, Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s Office and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, at least 450 people in total, and 12 pets were rescued.