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Semi-trucks line up on the flightline at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Sept. 21, 2017 and wait to be offloaded. The trucks transported various supplies from all over the country to Dobbins where they were palletized and loaded onto C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and flown to provide hurricane relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

Sept. 24, 2017

Dobbins serves as important hub for hurricane relief efforts

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Dobbins Air Reserve Base website — The flightline resembled a truck stop gas station this week as 18 wheelers were lined up in several rows behind the Transportation Proficiency Center. Trucks carried cargo vital to the relief efforts currently underway in countries lying in the destructive path of Hurricane Maria.

Airman 1st Class Dakwon Aktkinson, 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron forklift operator, moves cargo around the air operations terminal Sept. 22, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field. The cargo was being staged at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Incident Support Base at Kelly for transport to areas devastated by Hurricane Maria (U.S. Air Force image/Dan Hawkins)

Sept. 22, 2017

JBSA-Lackland Kelly Field stands up ISB to support FEMA’s Hurricane Maria relief efforts

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — The Federal Emergency Management Agency stood up an Incident Support Base at JBSA-Kelly Field to aid Hurricane Maria relief efforts with support from the 502nd Air Base Wing Sept. 21.

Senator Randy Vulakovich, second from right, meets with DLA Distribution commanding general Army Brig. Gen. John S. Laskodi at DLA Distribution headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Sept. 20, 2017

Senator Vulakovich visits midstate military installation

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Senator Randy Vulakovich, Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 38th legislative district, visited the midstate on September 18 to sit down with military and civilian leaders of DLA Distribution in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Cots await shipment at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

Sept. 18, 2017

DLA Distribution Susquehanna supports Hurricanes Harvey and Irma recovery

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — As the Defense Logistics Agency continues working with U.S. Northern Command and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a supporting role in the overall whole of government disaster response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, its distribution center in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania has been steadfastly shipping relief items to the affected areas while its deployed employees manage receipt and delivery of items.

Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams, Director, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, visits the DLA and other support personnel at Maxwell Air Force Base in support of relief efforts for Hurricane Irma Sept. 14, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trey Ward)

Sept. 15, 2017

DLA director thanks employees for their hard work during relief efforts

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Maxwell Air Force Base website — Almost a week after Hurricane Irma hit the Florida coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and Maxwell personnel are continuing to distribute relief supplies to those affected by the storm.

Robins Air Force Base was teeming with activity as Hurricane Irma approached Florida last week. At the FEMA Fuel Staging Area on base, Lee Mahan, from Chatham, Virginia, conducts preventive maintenance service prior to leave for a mission in support of FEMA’s Hurricane relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/ED ASPERA)

Sept. 13, 2017

Prepping for hurricane relief at Robins

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — Robins Air Force Base was teeming with activity as Hurricane Irma approached Florida last week and through the weekend.

Teams with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission search a demolished sailboat.

Sept. 13, 2017

Army Continues to Support Irma Response

WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — More than 17,000 soldiers and Army civilians mobilized as part of the Total Army response to Hurricane Irma in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the continental United States, an Army spokesman said.

Relief supplies leave Maxwell for Sunshine State

Sept. 13, 2017

Relief supplies leave Maxwell for Sunshine State

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Maxwell Air Force Base website — Now that Hurricane Irma has moved out of the Sunshine State and the southeast, members of the Defense Logistics Agency are preparing to send much-needed relief supplies to Florida’s citizens.

A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.

Sept. 7, 2017

Northcom Begins Support for Hurricane Irma

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — The first Navy ship arrived in the U.S. Virgin Islands, providing medium and heavy lift helicopters to transport people and supplies, as U.S. Northern Command began its support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hurricane Irma response.

Maxwell prepares for Hurricane Irma

Sept. 6, 2017

Maxwell, federal agencies prepare for Hurricane Irma

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Maxwell Air Force Base website — As Hurricane Irma races across the ocean, hundreds of tractor trailers carrying relief supplies are racing to Maxwell to preposition for further disbursement.