“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!
“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!
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:
“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. 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
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:
“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!
“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!
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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!
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!