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

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.

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)

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)

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

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.

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.

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.

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)