Relief work needs muscle—and the U.S. is sending some our way.
“On Thursday, Nov 14, the U.S. military said it was deploying 1,000 Marines to support emergency relief operations in the Philippines following Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan),” reports Agence France-Presse (AFP) on ABS-CBNNews.com.
That means about 900 troops will board two US Navy amphibious ships—the Japan-based USS Germantown and USS Ashland—and are due in the Philippines in about six days. Then, an additional 100 Marines from the same unit will travel to the region by aircraft.
Along with the Marines, there will be heavy equipment, including generators, portable water tanks, backhoes, dump trucks, wreckers, as well as an amphibious assault vehicle.
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