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JTF-505 Reaches Haiyan Survivors
In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and left behind a path of destruction. The remnants of the super typhoon were staggering, as an estimated 6,000 people died and another 28,000 were injured.
DoD and the U.S. Pacific Command organized Joint Task Force 505 (JTF-505), charged with coordinating U.S. military efforts, in conjunction with the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to support the Philippines-led response.
Army Lt. Col. Anthony Lee, a support operations officer serving as an Army liaison officer with JTF-505, explained servicemembers were working nonstop.
“We have about 100 soldiers who have deployed forward or [are] supporting the effort here on Okinawa [Japan],” said Lee. “We’re supporting the JTF with individual augmentees to the joint staff from personnel, logistics, and staff judge advocate experts to help support USAID and their efforts to mitigate suffering in the area.”
As of late November, JTF-505 had delivered more than 3.3 million pounds of equipment and supplies and helped more than 15,000 people affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
— Sgt. 1st Class Howard Reed, USA
Homeless See Help
The VA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced in late November 2013 a new national report shows a 24-percent reduction in homelessness among veterans* since 2010.
The report also showed an 8-percent reduction between January 2012 and January 2013. The decline keeps the Obama administration on track to end veterans’ homelessness in 2015.
The HUD-prepared 2013 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness estimates there were 57,849 homeless veterans on a single night in January 2013 in the U.S., an 8-percent decline since 2012 and a 24-percent decline since 2010.
The VA has made ending veterans’ homelessness by the end of 2015 a top priority, undertaking a campaign to dramatically increase awareness of VA services and risk factors.
*online: Get more information about homeless veterans at
www.va.gov/homeless.
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