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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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Task force Marines conduct certification exercise prior to Latin America deployment
Cpl. Eliud Herrejon, a combat engineer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, conducts check-in procedures for an evacuation control center during a certification exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 23, 2020. The CERTEX is the culmination exercise that will test the training and readiness of the Marines and Sailors of the SPMAGTF-SC for certification to deploy. Once certified, the SPMAGTF-SC will be ready to conduct crisis response, theater security cooperation training and general engineering projects alongside partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Herrejon is a native of Portland, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)

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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