Operation Tomodachi
By Chip Steitz, Public Affairs Officer, 10th Support Group, Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan.
Photo by COL Lance Koenig, Commander, 10th Support Group and Army on Okinawa.
Beginning on March 15th, elements of the newly formed (Logistics Task Force) with Soldiers from the 35th CSSB, 10th Support Group, 83rd Ordnance, 505th QM, 1-1 ADA and 1-1 Special Forces arrived at Sendai Airport.
Our role in OPERATION TOMODACHI is providing a humanitarian logistics hub at Sendai Airport as part of the Marine led JFLCC (Joint Forces Land Component Command) that is providing assistance to the Japanese Self Defense Force and thus the disaster victims. Our task force is performing the following critical tasks: cargo transload, debris removal from the airport, sling load rigging as well as cleaning schools and delivering toys.
Photos by Chip Steitz, Public Affairs Officer, 10th Support Group, Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan.
To date we have Removed 2583 vehicles from Sendai Airport. Delivered 140 drums of kerosene, 28 pallets of bottled water to Iwaki Community, supported operation Power Shower providing two fuel pods (1,000 gallons total) to fuel shower containers at Ono and Ishinomaki Community Center. Delivered clothing, shoes, blankets, and hygiene kits to evacuees. Further, our focus was the cleaning of and passing out of toys at Ishinomaki Elementary School preparing for its April 12th school opening. About 50 high school students with about 30 teachers/volunteers came to help clean the gym, the computer room, the machine room and some other rooms on the first floor.
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