Friday, January 15, 2010

Good for the U.S. Government -- some real help for Haitians

This is just out from CNN:
On Friday morning, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is to arrive in Haiti, carrying 19 helicopters and 30 pallets of relief goods......The carrier will help relief workers get around Haiti's ruined and debris-choked roads "to get good where they need to be," (Air Force Gen. Douglas) Fraser said.

Within four days, 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne will be in the quake zone. By next Tuesday, three more ships carrying 2,200 Marines and heavy equipment will join them. By Saturday, about 5,000 to 6,000 men and women dedicated to supporting the relief effort will be in Haiti.

And a week from Friday, the USNS Comfort -- a hospital ship staffed by a crew of 64 and 560 hospital personnel -- is to arriv
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