Crisis Response

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade alongside Philippine Airmen, conduct humanitarian assistance operations, evacuating displaced personnel on a C-130 aircraft and evacuating displaced personnel, on Villamor Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, 12 November 2013. U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific maintains

significant capability forward deployed throughout the Asia-Pacific region ready to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Without forward deployed forces, rapid and fully capable deployments to such disasters like Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda would not be possible. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Sgt. John C. Lamb)

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade alongside Philippine Airmen, conduct humanitarian assistance operations, offloading pallets of water and supplies from a C-130 aircraft and evacuating displaced personnel, in Tacloban, Republic of the Philippines, 12 November 2013. U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific maintains significant capability forward deployed throughout the Asia-Pacific region ready to provide

humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Without forward deployed forces, rapid and fully capable deployments to such disasters like Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda would not be possible. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Sgt. John C. Lamb) Also available in high definition

The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade is currently working side by side with the Philippine Armed Forces after Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Republic of the Philippines. LCpl Eric Waddell takes us to Villamore Airbase, a central hub for sending supplies and receiving displaced families.

Four more Ospreys to support Operation Damayan in the Philippines.

PID: 13113-OKI-OSHPREY-SCRIPT

DATE: 131113

STORY TYPE: News

RT: 1:14

PRODUCER: Cpl Michael Lopez

WEB HEADLINE

OSPREYS SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

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Cpl Michael Lopez

OSPREYS

Okinawa, Japan

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Cpl Michael Lopez - Reporting

LtCol Joseph Lee – Executive Officer, HMM 262

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Marine Corporal Michael Lopez takes us to Marine Corps Air Futenma where the MV-22 is Responding to the call of providing assistance to the Republic of the Philippines.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, conduct humanitarian assistance operations, using MV-22 Ospreys to bring a Japanese Self Defense Force medical team to help aid the city of Tacloban, on Villamor Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, Nov. 14. U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific maintains significant capability forward deployed throughout the Asia-Pacific region ready to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Forward deployed forces are fully capable to rapidly deploy to such disasters like Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda.

B-Roll of 36th Contingency Readiness Group at Andersen AFB, Guam, loading cargo of equipment, food, and water onto a C-130. The first chalk of the CRG team boarded the aircraft from Yokota AB bound for Tacloban, Philippines in support of Operation Damayan.

The multi-national force continues the steady stream of relief supplies to devastated areas in and around the city of Tacloban, Republic of the Philippines. Daily loading and flight operations keep the aid continually pushed out to the displaced locals. To date, more than 630,000 pounds of relief aid has been loaded and sent out.

The Joint Efforts on Philippine Air Base Villamor continue with people coming from all over the world to help. Lance Corporal Eric Waddell takes us to the ground where medical supplies and relief aid has come from unique places

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 Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) Operation Damayan in the Republic of the Philippines. Petty Officer 2nd Class Charissa Caayao speaks about the goals of the day's blood donations. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug). Also available in high definition.