During hurricane season our operations personnel are constantly monitoring storms in the Atlantic. The Friday before the storm hit, we were tracking the storm.
Tim Powell
We're flying 300 missions a day, flying out food and water to these people.
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The military police were there to provide support to local law enforcement, and the engineers were used for search-and-recovery mission support and evacuation support
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It was a tremendous outpouring of support from National Guards of other states
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The mere presence of a military police force creates a huge deterrence for those who would steal from innocent residents or businesses
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This is ongoing,.. They're almost working around the clock. Everyone's doing a fantastic job.
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We were able to respond to this hurricane and begin our support missions as quickly as we always have
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It's kind of scary, because, I mean, I don't have any idea how to protect myself.
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Had we not had these soldiers and airmen deployed and they participated in the relief efforts of a storm of this magnitude, we would have had to have outside help anyway. I don't believe there is a state in this county that could have conducted hurricane relief efforts on this scale to adequately respond without help from other states.
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