Posted on Sep 30, 2017
Puerto Rico's cop telling the truth about Hurricane Maria's aid
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I feel sorry for the people there, to an extent... The police officer asked what they can do. Vote. You keep voting for the same type of politician hoping that things will change. NEWSFLASH: They won't!
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
FEMAs rule that require the applications to be sent by the internet phone are mail are set by the Federal government, Nobody in the PR has any responsibility for electing the clowns responsible for that
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SGT John Meredith
But they can vote on who runs Puerto Rico.And the who's their Governor and Mayors there.They don't,but should have a right to vote in all elections.If the US is going to keep Puerto Rico they should be nationalized so they can vote for the president.
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I have friends in the service working on the logistics side in bith PR and USVI. Issues are the ports and other infrastructure are frag'ed. They can't get the ships unloaded, and what they can isn't getting distributed due to destroyed assets and road networks. Also, unlike Katrina and Harvey, you just can't drive to the site of the disaster. Its an island so you either fly (limited capabilities to supply bulk goods , or come by boat. Until this is fix, its going to be a slow painful process.
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Maj Marty Hogan
Spot on Col. Airport with no power equals no tower or landing lights. Day trips only. The infrastructure was fubar before the storm.
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Let's not forget that the amount of federal aid is also tied to what the Governor of Puerto Rico requests. The system for the federal government to act is directly hampered in these kinds of situations by the independence of individual states and territories.
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Maj Marty Hogan - This isn't so much of an issue. Lighting a runway is really simple, I've done it on austere airfields with minimal equipment and without using exotic batteries. As long as the runways are clear of debris and are intact, the Air Force SOF community has proven its ability to manage air traffic control day and night (remember the earthquake in Haiti?). They have the comms systems to interface with all types of inbound aircraft and while manually tracking aircraft in a holding pattern might be a tedious chore, it is not impossible. That said, the damage to the ports was a major issue after the earth quake in Haiti and an extremely limiting factor for getting aid to those who needed it.
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LTC David Brown
I am posting this quite a bit, it was originally on Huffington Post. The infra structure is a big problem in distribution. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3590829/posts
U.S. MILITARY ON PUERTO RICO: THE PROBLEM IS DISTRIBUTION AND HERES WHY
Col. Valle is a firsthand witness of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) response supporting FEMA in Puerto Rico, and as a Puerto Rican himself with family members living in the devastation, his passion for the people is second to none. Its just not true, Col. Valle says of the major disconnect today between the perception of a lack of response from Washington verses what is really going on on the ground. I have family here. My parents home...
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We need to send the following to Puerto Rico:
1. An Aerial Port Squadron or whatever they are called in today's Air Force.
2. A Brigade Combat Team from the 82nd Airborne Division (they used to have contingency plans for this sort of thing, and have done it before such as in Florida).
3. US Army or USMC Medium Lift Aviation detachment.
4. An Engineer Detachment (probably battalion size) from the 20th Engineer Brigade or equivalent (20th Engineers have considerable experience in disaster relief as engineers).
5. A Navy SeaBee Detachment for work on the ports.
6. A Navy Port Operations and Logistics unit or detachment.
That should get things going rather quickly IF they would just do it.
1. An Aerial Port Squadron or whatever they are called in today's Air Force.
2. A Brigade Combat Team from the 82nd Airborne Division (they used to have contingency plans for this sort of thing, and have done it before such as in Florida).
3. US Army or USMC Medium Lift Aviation detachment.
4. An Engineer Detachment (probably battalion size) from the 20th Engineer Brigade or equivalent (20th Engineers have considerable experience in disaster relief as engineers).
5. A Navy SeaBee Detachment for work on the ports.
6. A Navy Port Operations and Logistics unit or detachment.
That should get things going rather quickly IF they would just do it.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
Now aging those places after being it by the equivalent of thosands of EF-3 tornadoes. And mountainous
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SSG Robert Webster
CPO Gregory Smith - The wealth of labor and equipment could be spread around. And why would you say that the Army engineers would be in the way?
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SSG Robert Webster
1stSgt Nelson Kerr - Really? Panama is not mountainous? Sinai is not mountainous?
Thousands of EF-3 tornados, really? Ever been through even an EF-1 tornado? Ever been someplace where less than a .25 inches of rain fall can create a massive flood that wipes out a town 20 miles away? I have, and I do not under estimate any weather.
What do you think the Army or Marine Medium Lift aviation unit is for? What do you think the Engineers and Seabees are for?
Like I said, get your ego out of the way.
Thousands of EF-3 tornados, really? Ever been through even an EF-1 tornado? Ever been someplace where less than a .25 inches of rain fall can create a massive flood that wipes out a town 20 miles away? I have, and I do not under estimate any weather.
What do you think the Army or Marine Medium Lift aviation unit is for? What do you think the Engineers and Seabees are for?
Like I said, get your ego out of the way.
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