Video U.S. Border Patrol UH-60 Blackhawk rescue op, 28 AUG 2017:
Video of U.S. Border Patrol agents from Del Rio Sector, Texas, prepping boats for rescue ops:
Videos
Harvey: More Texas Militia rescues, Generals give praise!
“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!
Harvey: What’s a DropSonde?
U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sergeant Heather Heiney, 24AUG2017.
Video explainer of what a storm tracking dropsonde is:
Loading a dropsonde cannon. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Heather Heiney, 24AUG2017.
In May, the USAF 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ‘Hurricane Hunters’ took part in the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour, which was meant to increase the public’s awareness of hurricane threats.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Ryan Labadens, 08MAY2017.
More video & pics: WC-130J SUPER HERCULES TRACKS HURRICANE HARVEY
Harvey: Texas Militia preps more rescue boats!
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:
More U.S. Coast Guard rescues as Harvey set to break all records!
“This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced.”-National Weather Service
“Punt teams respond to floods or natural disasters. We are ready to go at all times. We could be called to respond to disasters throughout the entire Southeast, from Texas to New Jersey.”-Petty Officer 1st Class John True, statement from 2016
Video of USCG Punt Team (‘Punt’ refers to the small boat they use) rescue ops in Houston, Texas, 27 AUG 2017:
Video USCG European made MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescue ops, 27 AUG 2017:
More helicopter rescue video:
HARVEY SINKS SHIP, COAST GUARD TO THE RESCUE!
Arizona Militia deployed for Hurricane Harvey!
“This is the kind of stuff I joined the Guard to do!”-Staff Sergeant Larson, medic Arizona National Guard
Video of Arizona National Guard deploying three UH-60 Blackhawks to Texas, plus interviews, 26 AUG 2017:
HARVEY SINKS SHIP, COAST GUARD TO THE RESCUE!
TEXAS MILITIA, & OTHERS, PREP FOR HARVEY!
Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania & South Carolina Militias deploy to Afghanistan!
26 AUG 2017 (15:02 UTC-07 Tango 06) 04 Sharivar 1396/03 Dhu l-Hijja 1438/05 Wu-Shen 7th month 4715
1-151st ARB Forward Arming and Refueling Point training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, 09 JUL 2017
“We’re there to support the Afghanistan Army in their transportation to and from the battle.”-Lieutenant Colonel Brian Pipkin
National Guard units from four U.S. states deploying to Afghanistan; Illinois 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, Iowa 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Pennsylvania Charlie Company 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and South Carolina 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion.
South Carolina National Guard’s 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion conducts deployment ceremony, 26 AUG 2017
Pennsylvania Charlie Company, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment deployment ceremony
Video of AH-64 training, held in July, in preps for deployment to Afghanistan:
Video of AH-64 FARP training at Fort Stewart, Georgia:
Video, AH-64 in reverse gear:
Video, Apache Swarm:
National Guard’s 1-151 ARB pre-deployment training, 11 AUG 2017, McCrady Training Center, South Carolina
April 2017: SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA’S NEW SWITCH-BLADE APACHE
OLD OIL WAR: U.S. FORCES KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, DAY AFTER U.S. FORCES KILLED AFGHAN POLICE!
Harvey sinks ship, Coast Guard to the Rescue!
Video of U.S. Coast Guard rescuing people from one of three ships near Port Aransas, Texas, 26 AUG 2017:
Signet Enterprise, one of three ships in distress
Another ship in distress?
Video overflight from Port Aransas to Port O’Connor, Texas, 26 AUG 2017:
25 AUG 2017: U.S. COAST GUARD CONDUCTS 1ST RESCUES DUE TO HURRICANE HARVEY!
WC-130J Super Hercules tracks Hurricane Harvey
In the cockpit of a WC-130J Super Hercules out of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, tracking Hurricane Harvey
Cockpit HUD (heads up display)
Weather (WX) officer station
Video of C-130J Super Hercules tracking Hurricane Harvey:
Sun setting behind Hurricane Harvey
Loading the dropsonde cannon
A dropsonde, or expendable wx recon device
Texas Militia, & others, prep for Harvey!
Video of Texas Army National Guard soldiers and Texas Task Force One Swift Water Rescue Team prepping for Hurricane Harvey, city of Bryan, 25 AUG 2017:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
12th Flying Training Wing T-6A Texan-2 moved inside hangars at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph
Video of Texas National Guard 176th Engineer Brigade prepping for Harvey to hit Victoria, 25 AUG 2017:
HC-130J Hercules Combat King-2 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, stands by for possible rescue operations following Hurricane Harvey
Video of Georgia HC-130J takeoff for Texas:
Video of Georgia HH-60G PaveHawk takeoff for Texas:
T-1A Jayhawk training aircraft were flown from Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
European made HC-144 Ocean Sentry on standby at Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas
Video of U.S. Coast Guard SeaHawks based at San Diego, California, deploying to Texas for Hurricane Harvey: