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More Marines Headed to Haiti

The Pentagon is ordering another 2,000 Marines to Haiti, diverting troops that were on their way to the Persian Gulf and Africa region. Navy officials say three ships that left Virginia Monday for their regular deployment have been told to go Haiti instead for the earthquake relief effort. The first group of some 2,000 Marines already off Haiti's shore went on land for the first time Tuesday to help deliver aid. A Pentagon official says there are some 11,500 U.S. military personal in Haiti or offshore and 16,000 are expected by week's end.

Tags: technology , Pentagon , Marines , Navy

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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National Disaster Medical System on the ground in Haiti

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has activated the National Disaster Medical System and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. More than 275 personnel are in the process of deploying to Haiti and over 12,000 personnel could possibly assist in the coming days.

Tags: HHS , National Disaster Medical System , CDC , U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , Andrew Stevermer , earthquake response

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT

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Help is on the Way

President Barack Obama told Haitians "they will not be forsaken". The United States was sending 3,500 soldiers and 300 medical personnel have been sent there to help with disaster relief and security in the wake of an earthquake that knocked the Caribbean nation to its knees. The Pentagon was also sending an aircraft carrier and three amphibious ships, and Marines. The challenge there will be long-term. Parliament, the national palace, and many government buildings collapsed and it was and many lawmakers and officials are feared dead.

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Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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Federal response challenged in Haiti

Air traffic controllers direct about 160 flights a day from a folding table next to a runway in Haiti.

Tags: mngt , James Cullum , Talk Radio News Service

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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U.S. commits long-term help for Haiti

President Barack Obama has promised that U.S. support for Haitian relief would continue long after the scenes of death and destruction fade from the headlines.

Tags: mngt , newsstand , USS Comfort , Tony Winton

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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Haiti relief: lead, follow, get out of the way

A shortage of trucks and fuel, exacerbated by the airport's limited capacity to receive, warehouse, and dispatch relief supplies, continues to hamper relief efforts in and around Port-au-Prince.

Tags: newsstand , US AID , Peter DeShazo

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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Fairfax Co. rescuers: A year after Haiti

Locals needn't to look to the Caribbean country almost 1,500 miles away for a first hand account of the horrors from the 7.0 tremor. Members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team were among the first responders to those who were trapped beneath the rubble.

Tags: Patrick Sheehan , Scott Schermerhorn , Fairfax County Search and Rescue , Haiti Earthquake , Czaro , Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue

Tuesday - 01/11/2011, 07:33am EST

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