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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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Photo Gallery
4th Marine Division Communication Marines conduct joint MEDEVAC training with Indiana National Guard
Indiana Army National Guard Sergeant First Class Josh Caston briefs DetComm Marines during training at the DetComm Home Training Center. U.S. Marines with Detachment, Communications Company, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division executed joint MEDEVAC training with Company C, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, Indiana National Guard on 12 August 2023 at DetComm’s Home Training Center in Indianapolis. The joint training improved interservice readiness and facilitated improving and refining military occupational specialty skills in simulated real-world scenarios. The Marines received instruction from the MEDEVAC aircrew on ground-to-air best practices, landing zone preparation and procedures, and MED 101. The training culminated with simulated real-world scenarios of the evacuation of wounded servicemembers. (U.S. Marine Corps photos taken by Sergeant Mallory Harrison)

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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