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Operation Tomodachi III MEF / MCBJ Support to the People of Japan. Operation Tomodachi. …Conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief …In support of the Government of Japan …To alleviate additional death and human suffering. 1. Regional Presence / Operational Reach.
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Operation Tomodachi III MEF / MCBJ Support to the People of Japan
Operation Tomodachi …Conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief …In support of the Government of Japan …To alleviate additional death and human suffering 1
Regional Presence / Operational Reach Epicenter - 11 March Misawa YOKOTA III MEF FORWARD COMMAND ELEMENT Hamanaki Yamagata Sendai Fukushima 1,835 KM Yakota Tokyo Atsugi Yokuska Osaka Iwakuni 1,550 KM ATSUGI HMM 265 5 CH46’s 985 KM IWAKUNI VMGR 152 9 KC130J’s HMM 265 3 CH46’s 2 3/13/11
Immediate, Flexible Response 28 Feb – Exercise Key Resolve 11 Mar (Crisis in Korea) • 11 Mar Sendai Earthquake • 11 Mar U.S. Pacific Command Issues Task Order • 12 Mar Deploy 4 KC-130J and 4 CH-46 with personnel and HA supplies from MCAS Futenma, Okinawa to Iwakuni, JP • 13 Mar Deploy 4 KC-130J and 4 CH-46 with personnel and HA supplies from MCAS Futenma, Okinawa to Iwakuni, JP • 14 Mar HSV departs from Naha Port. Postured to support GOJ led relief operations 3
Marines secure medical supplies to a loading palette with a cargo net at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma March 12 CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters prepare to depart Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa bound for Naval Air Facility Atsugi on mainland Japan. III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and sailors disembark from a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Yokota Airbase. A crew chief helps load a palette of medical supplies into a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft on the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma flight line. Marines board a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to provide assistance in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. Supplies are unloaded from a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Yokota Airbase. 4
III MEF HA/DR History • Dec 2004 – Feb 2005 Indonesian Tsunami Response • Oct 2005 – Mar 2006 Pakistan Earthquake Response • Mar – Apr 2006 Philippine Mudslide Response • May – Jun 2006 Indonesia Tsunami Response • Mar 2007 Legazpi Typhoon Recovery • Apr 2007 Solomon Islands Tsunami Response • Nov – Dec 2007 Sea Angel II Bangladesh • May – Jun 2008 Caring Response Burma • Aug 2009 Taiwan Typhoon Relief • Oct 2009 Philippine Typhoon and Indonesian Earthquake Relief • Oct 2010 Philippine Typhoon Relief 5