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| Pakistan Flood | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 19 2010, 02:39 PM (202 Views) | |
| Rainman | Aug 19 2010, 02:39 PM Post #1 |
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Fulla-Carp
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By Ian Graham, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Members of the Navy's Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 Detachment 2 spoke on a DoDLive blogger's roundtable Aug. 19 to explain the ins and outs of their mission. As flooding continues to plague Pakistan, the U.S. Navy is providing helicopters from HM 15 Detachment 2 in Bahrain to carry supplies into the Swat Valley. To date, the United States has pledged to provide approximately $76 million in assistance to flood-affected populations in Pakistan. There currently are 22 U.S. military and civilian aircraft in Pakistan in support of flood relief operations. U.S. helicopters have evacuated more than 5,000 people and delivered more than 500,000 pounds of relief supplies. In addition, U.S. military cargo aircraft based in Afghanistan have transported more than 268,000 pounds of international aid from the Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief Cell in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to other locations throughout the country. In the past five days, HM 15 and their MH-53E "Sea Dragon" aircraft have been able to evacuate more than 1,600 people and deliver more than 271,000 pounds of food and other relief supplies. The unit has been at Ghazi Air Base for a week, but rain and cloud cover limited their ability to get to the people in Swat. Lt. Sean Snyder, one of HM 15's pilots, said the high altitudes have been difficult to get accustomed to. The aircraft responds differently to thinner air at higher altitudes, so controlling the helicopter under a full load has been harder than it would be regularly. "It's been a challenge getting the mission done every day," said Snyder. "Had it been a sea-level situation, we probably could have doubled the amount of evacuations and deliveries." |
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| Jolly | Aug 20 2010, 05:39 AM Post #2 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Winning hearts and minds.... |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 20 2010, 05:53 AM Post #3 |
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MAMIL
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It certainly won't hurt. I've heard that the attitude of regular Pakistani people towards the Taliban and other fundamentalists has changed markedly over the last few years, due in large part to the atrocities carried out against normal law-abiding muslim people going about their lives. They really dislike their government, but they dislike the people trying to bring down the government a heck of a lot more. |
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| apple | Aug 20 2010, 07:01 AM Post #4 |
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one of the angels
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i can't imagine the scope of that disaster.. geez. Rainman, are you the man who went to India to help in a recent disaster? |
| it behooves me to behold | |
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| Larry | Aug 20 2010, 12:59 PM Post #5 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Security forces say its the work of suicide plumbers... |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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