Red Falcon Families, Here's the latest update from our troopers in Haiti:
The whole battalion recently moved to the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture
compound. This is about 1 mile due north of the Airport in Port-au-Prince.
This is where they are living and sleeping. For those of you who are savvy with Google Earth or Google Maps, the Ministry of Agriculture building is a blue-roofed structure in a palm grove next to a dirt soccer field. The living conditions are decent by Haitian standards right now. They have some shade and breezeways to sleep in. Still no showers or hot food, but things will only continue to get better for them. Our battalion is responsible for the part of Port-au-Prince that is north of the airport. The major neighborhood they are responsible for is Citie Soleil, which is on the coast. So far they have been busy delivering food and water to thousands of people and have treated hundreds of Haitians who were injured in the earthquake. They have also been meeting the local community leaders and UN peacekeepers in their area to prepare to distribute even more humanitarian aid in the coming days. Our soldiers have been impressing everyone they interact with. Numerous organizations and journalists have commented on how compassionate, disciplined and well-trained they are in all their interactions with the Haitian people. Everyone should be extremely proud of them. I know I am!
V/R Joel D. Radunzel
CPT, IN
1-325 Rear Detachment Commander
I am so proud of my husband and the rest of the 82nd airborne. John called this evening and he sounds great. It was so good to hear his voice.
They had been in port au prince working in a hospital there for about 5 or 6 days and they have just moved to the area where they were talking about above.
More to report as I get more information....
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