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Active-Duty Soldiers Deployed for Hurricane Response

Returning Home this Week

Military.com | By Thomas Novelly Singh did not provide any addi-
Active-duty troops deployed to help respond to the tional details Thursday on assessments
widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in of damage to U.S. military bases from
North Carolina will be returning back to their regular mis- the two hurricanes.
sions this week, the Pentagon said Thursday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Aus-
tin has spoken out about the long-
standing damage that climate change
Earlier this month, 1,000 troops -- an Infantry Battal- and resulting catastrophic weather
ion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, events as a result have caused the
82nd Airborne Division and other units from Fort Liberty, military.
North Carolina -- were activated by the Pentagon to assist In recent years, severe flooding
after Helene caused more than 200 deaths throughout the damaged Offutt Air Force Base, Ne-
Southeast. Sabrina Singh, a Pentagon spokesperson, con- braska; Hurricane Michael caused bil-
firmed their role with the mission will be winding down. lions of dollars' worth of major dam-
age at Tyndall Air Force Base in
"The active duty that were assisting North Carolina, Florida; and typhoons in Guam have
particularly around Hurricane Helene, their mission is end- caused the cancellation of major train-
ing, and will be back, I think, tomorrow," Singh said during ing exercises, according to the Penta-
gon.
a press briefing. "During that time, they delivered an incred- U.S. Army Cpl. Robert Jump, assigned to 1-502nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade Com- In 2022, Military.com reported
ible amount of lifesaving aid to folks that needed it most in bat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) removes debris from Charles D. Owen Middle that Navy officials were weighing re-
the North Carolina communities." School Baseball Field in Swannanoa, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by locating Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Sgt. Dominic Acuna) Parris Island in South Carolina due to
Read Next: Army Secretary Wormuth's Tenure May the repercussions of climate change.
Soon End. But She Still Has Ideas for Improving Soldiers' "While these active-duty assets may be heading back to home station, the federal mission "No nation can find lasting se-
Lives. and federal support is not ending," Ryder said. "As active-duty service members transition out, curity without addressing the climate
Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon's top spokesman, the National Guard, FEMA and other federal, state and local agencies remain actively engaged to crisis. We face all kinds of threats in
told reporters earlier this week that those active-duty troops address ongoing needs, rebuild infrastructure and aid communities in long-term recovery." our line of work, but few of them truly
Ryder also detailed that there are upward of 3,000 National Guardsmen assisting with re-
conducted more than 100 ground missions and 70 air mis- covery and response efforts for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, a second storm that deserve to be called existential. The
climate crisis does," Austin said in
sions, delivering nearly 500 tons of humanitarian aid by land made landfall in Florida earlier this month. 2021.
and air -- equating to 154,415 gallons of water and about As military communities were reeling from Hurricane Helene's damage to the Southeast, Related: Military Bases Evacu-
20,000 meals. They also cleared debris from 660 miles of Milton followed shortly after, causing widespread evacuations as well as aircraft and ship move- ating Troops, Moving Ships Ahead of
roads. ments, Military.com reported. Hurricane Milton's Projected Landfall

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