Operation Unified Response
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Approximate Area: 392 km² (243 mi²)
Perimeter: 98 km (61 mi)
Lieutenant General Ken Keen//USA Commander//USOPS/Haiti
Lieutenant General P. K. (Ken) Keen serves as the Military Deputy Commander of U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida. He is
second-in-command of one of ten unified commands under the Department of Defense. Southern Command conducts military operations
and promotes security cooperation throughout the 16 million square mile area of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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General Michael G. Dana//USMC
Logistics
General Dana's personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and Meritorious
Service Medal w/two gold stars, Joint Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal w/two gold stars, Navy-Marine
Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.
"It's a bad situation, but here is the good news: it's better than Somalia. This isn't Mogadishu."
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Rear Adm. Ted N. Branch//USN//
Task Force USS Vinson
Branch was underway to San Diego around midnight Jan. 12 when he received orders from U.S. Southern
Command to steer the Vinson to Haiti. The nuclear-powered ship raced at war speed from Norfolk, Va., to Port-au-Prince, picking
up more than 10 Seahawk helicopters, six cargo transport helicopters, more than 700 cases of water and 700 additional military
personnel to add to the 2,800 members of the ship's company
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Gen. William Johnson//USA// Transportation//Scott AFB
General William "Bill" Johnson, Chief of Staff of U.S. Transportation Command, coordinates humanitarian
missions to Haiti Thursday from his desk at the Tactical Airlift Command Center at Scott Air Base. At least ten flights a
day to Port-au-Prince are starting immediately
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Col. Albert "Buck" Elton//USAF // Port-au-Prince Airport
"...weve controlled approximately 600 takeoffs and landings from this 10,000-foot strip that normally
operates three aircraft out of it on a daily basis, said Elton, commander of the U.S. forces directing flights at Haiti's
airport.
(The Colonel is on the right in the photo)
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Major MIssy Steckler//USAF//Nurse//
375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
The 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth
Air Force. It is stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It is part of Air Mobility Command (AMC).
The wing has four primary missions. It supports aeromedical evacuation within the United States. It provides operational support
airlift for government officials. It offers direct security for U.S. community and nation. And it provides support for U.S.
host units -- making possible the command and control of the United States' entire military transportation effort.
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USS Carl Vinson//CVN-70
Carl Vinson is 1,092 ft (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and is as high as a twenty-four-story building, at 244 feet (74 m).
The super carrier can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m²) in size, using four
elevators that are 3,880 ft² (360 m²) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay. With a combat load,
Vinson displaces almost 97,000 tons and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers. Her four distilling units can make 400,000 U.S.
gallons (1,500 m³) of potable water a day; (wikipedia)
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USS Comfort
"We've got 12 operating rooms; we've got 20 recovery beds. We have 80 intensive care beds, 400 intermediate
care and 500 minimal care"
Lieutenant Commander Dan D'Aurora
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Captain James Ware//USN
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USS Higgins//DDG-76
Class and type: Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement: Light: approx. 6,664 tons
Full: approx. 8,756 tons
Length: 505 ft (154 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
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CDR Carl W. Meuser//USN
wikipedia
USS Underwood//FFG-36
Class and type: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement: 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length: 453 feet (138 m), overall
Beam: 45 feet (14 m)
Draught: 22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31,000 kW) through a single shaft and variable
pitch propeller
2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: over 29 knots (54 km/h)
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CDR Craig T. Bowden//USN
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USS Bataan//LHD-5
Class and type: Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement: 40,358 long tons (41,006 t) full load
Length: 844 ft (257 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32 m)
Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion: Geared Steam Turbines
Speed: 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)+
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Captain Sam Howard//USN
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USS Carter Hall//LSD-50
Displacement: 11,471 tons (light)
16,360 tons (full)
Length: 610 ft (190 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed: 20+ knots (37+ km/h)
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CDR George Doyon//USN
wikipedia
USS Fort McHenry//LSD-43
Displacement: 16,261 long tons (16,522 t) (full)
11,325 long tons (11,507 t) (light)
Length: 610 ft (190 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed: 20+ knots (37+ km/h)
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CDR Nate Moyer//USN
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USNS Big Horn//T-AO-198
Class and type: Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
Type: Fleet replenishment oiler
Tonnage: 31,200 deadweight tons
Displacement: 9,500 tons light
Full load variously reported as 42,382 tons and 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons)
Length: 677 ft (206 m)
Beam: 97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Draft: 35 ft (11 m) maximum
Installed power: 16,000 hp (11.9 MW) per shaft
34,442 hp (25.7 MW) total sustained
Propulsion: Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/hr)
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USNS Grasp//T-ARS-51
Class and type: Safeguard-class salvage ship
Displacement: 3,282 long tons (3,335 t) full
Length: 255 ft (78 m) o/a
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Propulsion: 4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines
4,200 shp (3 MW)
2 × shafts and controllable-pitch propellers
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
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