FYI: Military Response to Hurricane Katrina

[Glenn B]

Politics aside, this is coverage I started at the begining of the Hurricane.
The coverage is all Military related, including response, contact info, pay info, etc...

There are two ways to view the information:

• In one thread HERE (oldest to newest)
  
• In seperate posts HERE (newest at the top, oldest to the bottom)

Note: I have no ads nor any profit from this site. I am only providing info.

 

[Glenn B]

From earlier... so the numbers surely have changed:

To date,

• 15,000 evacuations have been made from the New Orleans Superdome to the Astrodome in Houston and are continuing today to San Antonio for housing at Kelly Air Force Base. Evacuations will continue from Louisiana to Reunion Arena in Dallas, and Lackland AFB, Tex.
• 2,000 patients have been evacuated from the New Orleans airport. Seven National Disaster Medical Service Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) and 3 strike teams are supporting New Orleans medical facilities and hospitals not fully operational and setting up MASH-style tents. Five DMATs and 5 strike teams are working in medical facilities and hospitals in Gulfport, Biloxi and other areas of Mississippi.
• Commodities delivered to date include:
  • 1.9 million MREs
  • 6.7 million liters of water
  • 1.7 million pounds of ice
  • More than 600 buses to transport evacuees
• As of yesterday, there were 204 shelters with a population of 53,004. This number fluctuates daily.
• More than 170,000 meals a day are being served throughout the affected areas.
• 14,000 National Guard are on the ground in three states and an additional 1,400 will arrive today and 1,400 on Saturday to assist with security of victims and responders. A total of 27,000 members of the National Guard will be deployed to the affected areas.
• 200 Border Patrol agents, 200 additional law enforcement officers from other Louisiana jurisdictions and 2,000 officers from neighboring states are assisting in restoring order in the streets of New Orleans.
• Nearly 500 U.S. Corps of Engineers civilians and soldiers are working on the New Orleans levee breach and coordinating the transport of ice and water.
• A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is opening today in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and another tomorrow in Chatom, Ala.
• FEMA is setting up a Joint Housing Solutions Center to bring together public, private and voluntary agency stakeholders to develop innovative funding and streamlined operational partnerships to address the short and long-term housing needs of disaster victims.
• More than 7,000 people have been rescued – Urban Search and Rescue task forces have made more than 2,000 rescues and U.S. Coast Guard ships, boats and aircraft have been used to rescue approximately 5,000 people.

 

[Ramsey]

Great News!

 

[Glenn B]

Great News!

True that. Two Air Force bases have been mentioned in DOD releases to be accepting refugees as well.

 

[Gil BullyKatz]

Good Deal...

If I heard correctly...

There's a bunch of people getting sent to San Antonio...

Is that Lackland?

 

[OT]

Good Deal...

If I heard correctly...

There's a bunch of people getting sent to San Antonio...

Is that Lackland?

Lackland and Kelly.

 

[JnJ]

Ya, Kelly pretty much closed as an Airforce base, it's now called Kelly USA. Pretty cool to see commercial aricraft landing at the former Airforce base. I'm pround of my fellow San Antonions, we are really collecting an amazing amount of money and goods for the relocated survivers. I haven't seen any arrive at Lackland yet.

Lackland and Kelly.

 

[Nienkysman]

We are Thankful to all the Help from Texas and all other States that Have been kind enough to support All of us and Our Friends in New Orleans And Mobile, AL It REALLY Is Bad down here The Company I work for is in the Process of trying to get rebuilt and hopefully in a few weeks we will get back to Work Again Thanks To All For Their Support

Craig A. Price Sr,

 

[Goatman]

Glenn, thanks for posting that. It's good to hear what all has been done, as well as what still needs to be done.

 

[8Mud]

I keep hearing about how slow the response was on the Gulf coast. The media and people in general, haven´t got a clue.
The military without there vehicles and trains (supplies). Is actually pretty useless. A company sized unit, is typically half a mile long on the road and takes almost double that with supplies and fuel trucks. A company is about a hundred people.
A Battalion is around a thousand people and five miles long.
A Brigade is about 4000 soldiers and 20 miles long.
They moved most of a Division into the New Orleans area, the whole circus was probably near a 100 miles long. And moving through unfamiliar routes, with refugees on the highways, other responders using the same highways, the highways in bad shape, probably having to haul there own fuel and supplies.
Probably not the fastest movement in history, but not too bad, off the cuff.
It isn't like jumping in your car and driving a hundred miles. The units move in mass. Have to upload before they leave and have fuel and food (they bring there own) coordinated along the route.

 

[RNMedic]

I wish people would realize this!!! I have friends down there in DMAT and USAR and they were prepostioned out of harms way on Sunday, ready to go in. The public wanted them faster. If they hade been closer they would have been screwed with everone else!!

 

[XTrmXJ]

Egland is here at Langley right now

 

[Yucca-Man]

I do believe our own Ladywolf is down there right now...