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Hurricane Irma made landfall as a Category 4 storm in the Florida Keys Sept. 10, and made landfall a second time on Marco Island on the state’s Gulf Coast. The Defense Department had troops and equipment positioned to respond, while continuing to assist authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. U.S. Northern Command is coordinating the response with support from several DoD components and agencies.

 

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Army 1st Lt. Carlos Fabre, volunteering with the Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Power Restoration, inspects wire spool tags during a Layard inventory at Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Feb. 4, 2018. Fabre is a native of Puerto Rico and currently resides in the Yauco Municipality. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Robert DeDeaux
Army Committed to Restoring Puerto Rico's Power Story
Soldiers and sailors load water onto a Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter in Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 3, 2017. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.
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Airmen with the 156th Airlift Wing deliver water and meals to La Resurrecion del Señor church in the municipality of Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 31, 2017. The Puerto Rico Air National Guard has teamed up with the Foundation for Puerto Rico to deliver supplies to at-risk populations throughout the island. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez
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Two soldiers jump on a felled tree trunk.
Marine Cpls. Marcel T. Trice, left, and Anthony J. Guiliano III clear out debris from a roadway.
Navy Seaman Rafael Mora-Macedo uses a chain saw to help remove fallen trees felled by Hurricane Irma.
A Guardsman searches for vessels shipwrecked by Hurricane Irma.
President Trump shakes hands with a soldier during a visit to Florida.
Members of the Coast Guard gather together on a street.
Seabees use shovels to clear away branches and debris.
A group of service members and civilians walk down a road with damage to trees and structures.
Sgt. Jonathan Mazella encounters a severely damaged neighborhood while conducting maritime rescue and reconnaissance operation
Hurricane Irma
Residents receive food and water from Virgin Islands Army National Guardsmen in St. John, Virgin Islands
Airmen load a mobile traffic control tower system onto a C-17 Globemaster III
Airmen push palletized cargo onto a C-17A Globemaster III
An airman hands a person a bag while inside an aircraft.
A Coast Guard member brings a dog aboard a cutter.
A member of the Air Force uses a chain saw to cut a tree trunk.
People and a dog sit in a boat, while members of the Coast Guard walk behind it in knee deep water.
Airmen stand behind an aircraft loaded with equipment.
Two sailors escort a patient to safety.
A soldier hands papers to another soldier.
A member of the Air Force makes hand signals as a vehicle drives into an aircraft.
A member of the Air Force sits at the controls of an airplane with clouds visible though the windscreen.
Soldiers surround an inflatable boat in a trailer.
A man helps a woman in a wheelchair put on protective eye wear.
Sailors transport a hurricane victim.
Army Pfc. Michaela Thomas fills a 400 gallon water trailer at Cape May Courthouse, N.J., as more than 130 New Jersey Army National Guardsmen prepare to deploy.
North Carolina Air National Guard Lt. Col. Lisa Reeves waits aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, in Charlotte, N.C.
Airmen load vehicles and supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
A soldier squeezes between two military vehicles to check the fuel.
Sailors fill sandbags in Florida.
Hurricane Irma
An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cockpit lit up at night.