Crisis Response

B-roll of Jacksonville, Fla., as Navy families arrive at Jacksonville International Airport from naval bases in Japan. The families are voluntary evacuees leaving after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan March 11. Members are met by a group of Navy leadership and support personnel from Naval Air Station Jacksonville. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steve Smith/Released). Also available in High Definition.

B-roll of Japan Self Defense Force Sailors participate in relief efforts in Hachinohe. Sailors from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 111 load humanitarian aid for delivery to tsunami stricken areas. Produced by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew M. Bradley.

Package about how Sailors and civilians at Fleet Activity Sasebo volunteered their time to refurbish 50 bicycles for the families affected by the disaster in Northern Japan. The Disaster in Northern Japan left many people with no means of transportation. Produced by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Long.

Package about how Sailors worked tirelessly to answer the call for freshwater needed to help cool the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear reactors in Japan. Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Henry has more.

YOKOSUKA, Japan. U.S. Navy Barge YON-287, filled with 851,000 liters (225,000 gallons) of fresh water, departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka March 26 to support cooling efforts at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. YON-287 is the 2nd barge of two supplied by the U.S. Navy at the request of the Government of Japan to aid in the cooling efforts. The two barges supplied a total of 1.89 million liters (500,000 gallons) of fresh water. This transfer will not involve the use of U.S. Navy personnel. The barge was delivered to Japan Maritime Self Defense Force multipurpose support ship JS Amakusa (AMS 4303) to transfer it north. Produced by Petty Officer 1st Class Brock A. Taylor. This video available in high definition. jpearthquake11

Short video story: The Air Force continues to provide aid two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. A large donation of bottled water requires the help of the C-130s at Yokota Air Base. Tech. Sgt. Renee Crisostomo tells about how much water was donated.

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Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Navy Sailors with the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex transport Japanese utility vehicles, food and water supplies on a Landing Craft Utility. Produced by Lance Cpl. Chance Hiser. jpearthquake11, Operation Tomodachi,

Soldiers from the 153rd Engineer Batallion fill large sandbags for use in the Dakota Dunes and Wynstone communities. The helibags will be used to build additional levees which will help ward off the rising Missouri River. Also available in high definition.

B-roll of members of the South Dakota National Guard, 147th Artillery and volunteers are filling sandbags in support of the flooding operations around the Pierre/Fort Pierre area. Sound bites include Spc. Climton Rainford and 1st Sgt. Michael Wilkening. Produced by Spc. Mike A. Beaver.

Twenty-four Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing are on state active duty, patrolling levees along the Iowa side of the Missouri river. The Airmen are patrolling large levees constructed just a few weeks ago near downtown Sioux City. This week the Army Corps of Engineers began releasing the maximum amount of water possible from the Gavins Point Dam upstream from Sioux City. The Airmen are working shifts in order to patrol the levee 24 hours a day. They are watching for areas in the levee that may begin to weaken and they are insuring the city water wells in the area are kept free from flooding river water. Master Sgt. Ron Hanson is a crew chief with the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa. He is working as the day shift supervisor on levee patrol.