Crisis Response

CPT Matthew Phelps, assistant logistics operations officer for the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, from Chicago, Ill. talks about his mission in the Phillipines during Operation Damayan.

Lance Cpl. Christopher Pineault, landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, based in Okinawa, Japan, from Charlton, Mass. talks about his role in supporting Operation Damayan in the Phillipines.

Four more Ospreys to support Operation Damayan in the Philippines

Blake Young, president and chief executive officer of Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, and Melanie Flood, development and communications director, commend the California National Guard for its recent assistance to the Sacramento, California outlet. The food bank serves hundreds of thousand recipients a month but the COVID-19 outbreak diminished the facility’s volunteers. Cal Guardsmen stepped forward to assist operations. (Army National Guard video production by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

Cpt Castro Miller is interviewed by Reuters about the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort.

Pilots with VMGR-152 fly sorties every day during Operation Damayan to support the Philippine government in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAFTF-CR-CC) 19.2, prepare gear in response to a mission in Kuwait, Oct. 11, 2019. The SPMAe SPMAGTF-CR-CC is designed to move with speed and precision to support operations throughout the Middle East. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Robert G. Gavaldon, LCpl. Sahara Luna, Sgt. David Bickel)

Video interview with TSgt Mark Peterson, 36th Munitions Squadron engineering technician, and member of the Contingency Readiness Group. He talks about what he will be doing when he arrives in the Philippines, what his training is, his experiences performing his primary Air Force duties and how they have prepared him for this humanitarian mission to Tacloban in support of Operation Damayan.

U.S. Marine, Lt. Gen. John Wissler, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, currently the commander for Joint Task Force 505 (JTF-505), greets Marines and sailors, with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) aboard the USS Ashland (LSD-48), Nov. 26, 2013.Wissler informed the 31st MEU of their future role as the reserve component for JTF-505 and thanked them for their service in aiding the Philippines. U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific maintains significant capability forward deployed throughout the Asian-Pacific ready to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Forward deployed forces are fully capable to rapidly deploy to such disasters like Typhoon Haiyan. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Armand J. Thompson-Powell/ Released) Also available in high definition

Mr. Malvin Johnson, Operations Officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development discusses humanitarian aid for the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. The Philippine service members, U.S. Marines and volunteers had food, water, supplies, medical care and social workers ready to treat the victims and survivors in support of the disaster relief Operation Damayan. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Armand J. Thompson-Powell/ Released). Includes interview with Also available in high definition.

TACLOBAN, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 24, 2013) - Lt. Cmdr. Anne Roberts, a Navy preventive medicine physician and the Officer in Charge of Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU 6), discusses the importance of an environmental health assessment for U.S. personnel working in Tacloban as part of readiness of operational forces in the Pacific theater by providing specialized public health services that enhance force health protection. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Young/Released)

Mechanics with VMM-262 maintain the MV-22B Osprey during Operation Damayan at Clark Air Base. Marines maintain the MV-22B Osprey during Operation Damayan. The Osprey is one of the leading aircraft in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in the Republic of the Philippines. Produced by LCpl. Stephen Himes. Also available in High Definition.

U.S. service members with the Armed Services Blood Bank Center (ASBBC) gather blood donations on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan on 15 November, 2013. The Blood Drive was conducted to gather much needed blood supplies for service members in support of Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) Operation Damayan in the Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug). Also available in High Definition.

Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy, Ben Hemingway of USAID and Rear Adm. Hugh Wetherald are interviewed by Sky News about the response of the world to the typhoon survivors and the progress of the relief effort. Also available in high definition.

Cpl. Tyler Mitchell a public affairs Marine with AFN Broadcasting, talks about his mission as a broadcaster in Operation Damayan in the Phillipines.

B-roll footage of USAF C-130 arriving at Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi,Pakistan, on 31 Jul 10. The aircrew delivered nearly 8,000 halal meals-ready-to-eat in support of Pakistan''s flood relief efforts. Footage shows aircraft arrival, unloading, exterior shots of the aircraft and a Pakistani official examining one of the meals.

B-roll of a C-17 Globemaster III from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan delivering more than 44,000 halal meals to Islamabad, Pakistan for distribution to flood-stricken areas. Produced by Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy

Elizabeth Rood, Consulate General of the United States of America, discusses the delivery of halal meals to the people of Peshawar, Pakistan on a C-130H aircraft in support of Pakistan Humanitarian Assistance.

B-roll of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing delivering halal meals to the people of Peshawar, Pakistan on a C-130H aircraft in support of Pakistan Humanitarian Assistance. Produced by Tech. Sgt. Drew Nystrom.

Sgt. John McHellon of the International Security Assistance Force movement control team discusses the uploading of halal meals in support of Pakistan Humanitarian Assistance at Bagram Air Field