(UPDATES) Typhoon Haiyan: Despite Problems, Operation ‘Damayan’ in Full Swing
UPDATE II: As mentioned below, other agencies are also contributing to the aid and relief efforts in the Philippines. One of these is the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Quietly and unheralded, “the...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan: Relief Efforts Continue Despite Chaos
As is sometimes the case when massive disasters strike, chaos and panic can easily follow. The Stars and Stripes reports such a chaotic scene at the Tacloban airport in the Philippines as people try...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan: Heartbreaking Numbers, Heartwarming Images
These are the most recent, heartbreaking numbers on Super Typhoon Haiyan: A death toll of 3,261, and rising, with large numbers of bodies still unburied, 12,000 injured, 25,000 missing, according to...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan: Aid and Relief Efforts Continue
In the aftermath of most major disasters, reports inevitably appear of alleged graft and corruption and of slow, inefficient or insufficient aid and relief efforts. It is, and will be, no different...
View Article‘Military Year’ In Review Nr. 2: Humanitarian Missions
The U.S. military typically are among the first ones to respond to natural disasters or any other disasters, at home and abroad. This year was no different, except perhaps for the number of disasters...
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