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Send In the Marines
Posted by Raven on August 30th, 2005
Sometimes the American military is utilized for more than just combat operations. When natural disasters occur it isn’t always the National Guard who comes in to help…Down in the Gulf they called upon the few and the proud.
Marines rescued more than 100 people stranded by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina Monday after tides and high winds pummeled cities along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
Leathernecks with the Reserve’s reinforced 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, based in Gulfport, Miss., navigated the debris-filled streets of Biloxi late Aug. 29, plucking dazed citizens from their battered homes.
About 130 people were rescued by the Marines, who drove two AAV7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles through the destruction.
Of all the people I would want to rescue me, the Marines would be at the top of my list. I’m sure it felt like a war zone to the Jarheads too, with the weather being as bad as it was. They are always ready and able to do what it takes to get any job done.
The amtrackers took the flood victims “to a designated drop-off point where they were returned to safety by civilian authorities,” according to a news release from Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. One amtrac in the operation rescued 100 people, making four trips with 25 victims crammed into the crew compartment, a Navy spokeswoman said.
Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 1, 7 and 133 — based in Gulfport — are clearing a 10-mile-long stretch of road to the nearby town of Pass Christian so civilian authorities could rescue stranded citizens there, the spokeswoman said.
The Marine amtrackers headed to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport today for rescue operations there, but no further details were available.
I know that would make the Vets living in this nursing home proud…I can imagine what thoughts must have been going through their heads as they watched the amtraks come along…
Semper Fi
Cross Posted @ Flightpundit
August 30th, 2005 at 8:52 pm
I wonder when the liberal media will pick up on that story and talk about it instead of all Cindy all the time. Ooops, what liberal bias in the media?