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The Defense Department is prepositioning troops, search and   rescue units, aircraft, vehicles, equipment and supplies to staging   areas near the worst of the flooding in southeastern Texas in   anticipation of a possible request for assistance, a Pentagon spokesman   said here today.                                                        <p>Army Col. Robert Manning updated the media on DoD response   efforts to Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath, and summarized activities   of the <a href="https://tmd.texas.gov/" target="_blank" id="anch_192" rel="nofollow">Texas National Guard</a> and the <a href="http://www.nationalguard.mil/" target="_blank" id="anch_193" rel="nofollow">National Guard Bureau</a>.</p><img src="http://thesop.org/attachments/2015-005/dod-42582.png" alt="dod" align=right hspace=10 vspace=10>  <p>"Continuing rainfall from the hurricane is expected to cause   devastating and life-threatening flooding throughout this week," Manning   said, adding, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims."</p>  <p><strong>State, Local Efforts</strong></p>  <p>On Aug. 27, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a memorandum of   agreement approving a dual-status command, Manning said, which   authorizes one commander to direct active-duty and National Guard   forces.</p>  <p>"As of now, all Guard personnel providing assistance are on   Title 32, or state orders. Active-duty units are en route to the staging   area in anticipation of a possible request. There has been no formal   tasking [yet] of Title 10 DoD units," the colonel added.</p>  <p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today activated his state`s entire   National Guard force in response to Hurricane Harvey, bringing the total   number of deployed Texas Guard members to roughly 12,000.</p>  <p>The Texas National Guard currently has 16 aircraft and   personnel conducting day and night wide-area search and rescue missions   along the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Houston.</p>  <p>That effort includes 10 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, four   UH-72 Lakota multi-mission helicopters, and two CH-47 Chinook cargo   helicopters.</p>  <p>Manning said the New York Air National Guard has provided one   C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, three HH-60 Pave Hawk search   and rescue helicopters and two C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.   And six rotary-wing aircraft from the Utah, Nebraska and North Carolina   Army National Guard are en route to the area.        </p><p><strong>DoD Support</strong></p>  <p>Manning said U.S. Northern Command is poised to provide DoD   support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the federal lead.   State and local response agencies are in the lead for their own response   efforts.</p>  <p>"DoD has provided [Joint Base San Antonio-]Randolph, Seguin   Auxiliary Airfield as a forward staging area to support distribution of   supplies and equipment to the affected areas," the colonel added, "and   DoD has prepositioned a search and rescue  ...  unit that includes two SAR   planners, nine SAR rotary-wing aircraft, two fixed-wing aircraft,   pararescue teams and associated command-and-control  ...  elements."</p>  <p>The search and rescue assets are deploying to Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas, he said, and the <a href="http://www.dla.mil/" target="_blank" id="anch_197" rel="nofollow">Defense Logistics Agency</a>   has prepositioned logistics management and resource support, including   11 generators, 50,000 gallons of gasoline and 50,000 gallons of diesel   fuel.</p>  <p>"Safety is the No. 1 priority," Manning said. "We urge   residents in the affected areas to continue to follow the instructions   of state, local and tribal officials" and to stay away from evacuated   areas until they are told the areas are safe.</p>  <p>(Follow Cheryl Pellerin on Twitter: @PellerinDoDNews)</p><p><font size="2" color="black" face="arial"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1292459/dod-moves-troops-search-rescue-units-aircraft-vehicles-to-texas/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1292459/dod-moves-troops-search-rescue-units-aircraft-vehicles-to-texas/</a><br></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="arial">Photo Credit: Wikipedia<br></font></font></p>    <style type="text/css">     </style>  <style type="text/css">     </style>  <style type="text/css">     </style>

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