Super-Typhoon Haiyan displaced more than 500,000 locals and affected nearly 7 million people in the Philippines. In response to the storm, the Department of Defense (DoD) is providing aid to support disaster response and recovery.
Marines from Okinawa mobilized immediately and are on the ground providing assistance and critical supplies like water, food, hygiene kits and plastic sheeting to affected areas. Transport aircraft from various branches of service, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and other U.S.