Approximately 12-thousand Texas Guard personnel activated by Texas gov’na Greg Abbott.
Loading up a National Guard C-130 Hercules at ‘safe haven’ Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
Cargo and rescue personnel waiting for take-off
Texas Guard C-130H Hercules on the ramp at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
Texas Guard rescues people and pets
Why does it smell like wet dog in here?
Arkansas National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules picked up Oregon National Guard’s 125th Special Tactic Squadron and 304th Rescue Squadron personnel, heading for Texas.
Video, Oregon National Guard’s 125th Special Tactics Squadron deployed 29 AUG 2017:
Video, South Carolina National Guard’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART) deployed for Texas:
“Whatever we need to do….”-Chief Warrant Officer Michael Tomasi, Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray
Dramatic video of helicopter rescue from victim’s point of view:
Wheel chair rescue vid:
Video explainer of the mission of Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray:
Video of Coast Guard rescue coordination involving Vietnamese translation, the phone call resulted in a safe rescue of all four people aboard a 42-foot sinking vessel near Aransas Pass:
HARVEY: U.S. COAST GUARD DEPLOYS MORE PERSONNEL TO TEXAS!
Pennsylvania National Guard’s 193rd Special Operations Wing flew to Texas on 28 AUG 2017: “These airmen are part of a unique mobile communications team that will assist Texas with securing and reestablishing any downed satellite or cell phone communications systems needed for recovery efforts.”-Tom Wolf, gov-na of Pennsylvania
Loading a C-130J with equipment that could restore cell phone & GPS service
HARVEY: ALASKA & CALIFORNIA MILITIAS DEPLOY TO TEXAS!
“After supporting fire suppression operations here in California and recently participating in a large scale exercise in Alaska, the 129th is ready to deploy its life-saving capabilities to another region of the country.”-Colonel Daniel Lapostole, 129th Rescue Wing vice commander
Alaska National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron and the 212th Rescue Squadron deployed to join rescue ops in Texas. Also, the Alaska National Guard will link up with California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing en route to Texas. California’s 129th Rescue Wing will deploy two helicopters and a MC-130P Hercules Combat Shadow.
Video of load-up and take-off of C-17, from Alaska to Texas, 28 AUG 2017:
Video of Alaska link-up with California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Channel Island Air National Guard Station:
Video, how to stuff a California PaveHawk into an Alaskan Globemaster:
HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!
“This is a devastating event, one that we have not seen before……”-General Joseph Lengyel, National Guard Bureau
“Lets keep our emotions low and our efforts high.”-Major General John Nichols, Texas National Guard
Video of ongoing rescues by state-run Texas National Guard:
Video shout out from Generals to National Guard personnel:
More video of Texas National Guard rescue ops:
The entire Texas National Guard is activated, 12-thousand personnel, 28 AUG 2017
HARVEY: TEXAS MILITIA PREPS MORE RESCUE BOATS!
U.S. Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Miami and Maritime Safety and Security Team Miami deployed to Texas onboard a HC-130 Hercules, 28 AUG 2017.
MORE U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUES AS HARVEY SET TO BREAK ALL RECORDS!
Kentucky state-run-Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron deployed to Texas on 27 AUG 2017.
HARVEY: NEW YORK MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!
Video of Texas National Guard’s 176th Engineer Brigade preps more rescue boats for expected “epic” (as one Houston area weather man described it) flooding in the Houston metro area:
26 AUG 2017, one HC-130, three HH-60 Pavehawk Helicopters and 104 Air-militia personnel from the New York National Guard deployed to Fort Hood Texas to support the Texas National Guard. The HH-60s and their crew were loaded onto C-17s.
U.S. made C-17 Globemaster-3 being loaded with U.S. made HH-60 Pavehawk, bound for Texas
ARIZONA MILITIA DEPLOYED FOR HURRICANE HARVEY!