Humanitarian missions

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Many people think the military has only a mission to "break things and kill people". While the military trains and is equipped to fight it is also used to support and conduct humanitarian missions such as was done after the tsunami struck Indonesia on December 26, 2004, The military has been a primary responder to natural disasters all over the world and including in the United States. Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, fires, and hurricanes kill and injure thousands of people and trap others in debris, yet the United States has stood ready to send our military assets to assist and rescue victims of these disasters.

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