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Hurricane Harvey

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Marine Forces Reserve units stand ready to assist in relief operations with Hurricane Harvey.

Hurricane Harvey is a currently active tropical cyclone that recently made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. It is the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005, ending a record 12-year period with no storms making landfall in the United States as a major hurricane. Harvey is the first hurricane to hit the state of Texas since Ike in 2008, and the strongest to hit the state since Carla in 1961. In addition, it is the strongest hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico since Hurricane Rita in 2005 and the strongest to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Charley in 2004. 

 

 

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4th Assault Amphibian Marines support rescue efforts in wake of Hurricane Harvey
LUMBERTON, Texas – Hospital corpsman, Petty Officer 1st Class Komi Gayakpa (left) and assault amphibian vehicle Marines, Lance Cpl. Arturo Platamartinez (center) and Lance Cpl. Alejandro Lopez (right), with 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, perform search and rescue operations in Lumberton, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. Marines with C Company rescued over 300 locals on Aug. 31, 2017, as part of the response effort in support of FEMA and other local and government and state agencies after Hurricane Harvey. (Courtesy photo/Released)

Articles

Marines Forces Reserve answers Texas's call
U.S. Marines with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion and 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, came together in wake of Hurricane Harvey to...

Faces of the Force: Lance Cpl. Andy Sosa
After an exhaustive but humbling week of search and rescue operations, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Andy Sosa, an amphibious assault crewmember, rested and conducted necessary maintenance on...

Faces of the Forces: Sgt. Brad Coats
“It’s like something you would see out of a movie,” said Marine Corps Sgt. Brad Coats, a reconnaissance Marine with Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces...


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