[extropy-chat] FWD (TLC-Brotherhood) Disaster Aid [a military perspective]

[Dirk Bruere]

On 9/4/05, Terry W. Colvin <fortean1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Forwarding from another list...
> 
> Terry
> 
> Thursday - a convoy pulls out and heads to the stricken area. Time of
> arrival will depend on distance to be covered but most will do it in a 
> day.
> Otherwise they would probably be deployed on aircraft. However, not all
> units have aircraft available and some will be on the road for more than 
> one
> day.
> 
> Friday - boots on the ground and relief efforts underway. Supplies and
> more troops will be arriving with more following the next few days.
> 
> Obviously air assets can move much more quickly but still require ground
> support, fuel, maintenance troops, spare parts and a secure landing strip.
> Their time line looks much the same - only difference is their "boots on 
> the
> ground" is Thursday instead of Friday.
> 
> Unreasonable? IMHO, no.
> 
> 
> 
In Britain we have at least one air-mobile brigade on 24 hr standby to go 
anywhere in the world. Why couldn't the US have dropped one into NO the day 
after the storm? The stadium would have been the prime choice.
Dirk
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