U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier sent to the Philippines By La Recontra Oferta Newspaper LRON at San Jose, CA US 13:50PM 11.17.2013 The aircraft carrier USS George Washington sailing to the Philippines , where it is expected to arrive in the next few hours , after the U.S. defense secretary , Chuck Hagel , ordered that acudiese to provide humanitarian aid to that country after the devastating passage of Typhoon Haiyan . Defense spokesman , George Little , said at a press conference that Hagel had ordered to put a maximum ship machines , usually anchored in Yokosuka ( Japan ) and that these days the harbor was in Hong Kong to get there ASAP to Philippine shores . According assured the White House spokesman , Jay Carney , President Barack Obama telephoned his Philippine counterpart Benigno Aquino , to offer all the help you need. The nuclear aircraft carrier sails along five other Navy ships : cruisers USS Cowpens and USS Antietam , the destroyer USS Mustin , and the USS supplies ship Charles Drew and the destroyer USS Lassen , the latter more advanced since departed and Sunday to the region. Poor weather conditions were not helping that ships quickly achieve further progress . The weather is bad , we are limited by the seas and wind , said Captain Thomas Disy , commander of missile cruiser USS Antietam , part of the carrier . But well go as fast as we can, he added. The George Washington is on board 5,000 sailors and over 80 aircraft and also serve as a launch pad for flights of recognition and aid distribution has several water treatment plants and medical equipment. The Marine Corps has sent from its base in Okinawa to more than 200 troops aboard several C -130 aircraft to assist in the field. U.S. is turning into a crisis that could leave more than 10,000 dead and affected nearly 10 million people ( 10% of the total population ) . In addition , more than half a million people have lost their homes , according to the UN , and about seven million are displaced . The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID ) has announced it will allocate $ 20 million to assist those affected by Haiyan, starting to be devoted to provide emergency shelter, food assistance , water , health care and hygiene products . The statement issued by USAID ensures that the first supplies were to arrive between Tuesday and Wednesday and will serve around 10,000 families . Before the end of the week will another batch , which will fly to Manila and from there distributed to the affected areas. On the ground and there is a USAID team to assess the damage and provide a report of what is needed , which among other things are plastic , so as to house the function of body bags as the rescue command found in Tacloban city , capital of the province of Leyte , say they no longer have to store the bodies. The State Department has announced its collaboration with a veterans organization specializing in natural disaster response -Team Rubicon - and your soon send a team to the Asian country . As emergency first aid , the U.S. government this weekend unblocked $ 100,000 for the U.S. Embassy in Manila , through the development agency USAID ,
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:59:28 +0000
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