I-PEARL HARBOR - I-US Pacific Fleet ihambisa abasebenzi kunye neeyunithi ukubonelela ngoncedo loluntu emva kweentlekele zendalo eziye zahlasela iPhilippines, i-American Samoa kunye ne-Indonesia.
IUnited States ivakalisa uvelwano olunyanisekileyo kubantu bale mimandla ngenxa yeentlekele zemvelo zakutshanje.
I-United States inamandla omkhosi abekwe kwimimandla echaphazelekayo ekulungele ukuxhasa imizamo yokunceda ngokukhawuleza kunye nokunciphisa ukubandezeleka kwabantu. Ngenxa yobukho obuthunyelwe phambili bomkhosi wase-US, ikulungele ukunceda kangangoko kunokwenzeka.
E-Indonesia, izixhobo zomkhosi zase-US ziquka iQela loNcedo loNcedo loLuntu elenziwe ngabasebenzi abavela kwiiyunithi ezahlukeneyo ngaphakathi kwe-US Pacific Command kunye ne-USS Denver kunye neeMarines ezivela kwi-31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. I-Denver inee-helicopter ezintathu ze-CH-53E "i-Sea Stallion" ekwazi ukubonelela ngokuphakamisa okunzima ukusuka elunxwemeni.
Njengoko kuqhelekile kwimisebenzi yoncedo lwamazwe ngamazwe, iinzame zomkhosi wase-US zixhasa iSebe leLizwe lase-US kunye ne-Arhente yase-US ye-Ofisi yoPhuhliso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe yoNcedo lweNtlekele yaNgaphandle. I-US Pacific Command iya kuqhubeka isebenza ngokusondeleyo kunye norhulumente wase-Indonesia, i-Embassy yase-US kunye ne-International Relief Organisations yase-Indonesia kwimisebenzi yoncedo loluntu ngesicelo kunye nesimemo sorhulumente wase-Indonesia.
Iqela le-USS Denver Amphibious Ready liye lathumela iinqanawa ezimbini kwiiPhilippines ukunceda loo nto
Isizwe siyachacha kwiTropical Storm Ketsana kwaye simelane neTyphoon Parma esondelayo. I-USS Tortuga kunye ne-USS Harpers Ferry kunye ne-Marines yabo engenileyo baqala ukuqhuba imisebenzi yokunceda abantu namhlanje (Oct. 2) kwindawo ye-metro yaseManila. I-Marine air combat element kwezo nqanawa zimbini ziquka i-10 CH-46E "i-Sea Knight" helicopters.
Ukwahlula iqela kuvumela iNavy ukuba ibonelele ngezakhono ezahlukeneyo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ngelixa ithumela izixhobo ezifanelekileyo kwiindawo ezifanelekileyo. Iqela le-ARG/MEU lihlala lizilolonga kunye kwimisebenzi yehlabathi yokwenyani. Imithambo kwiNtshona yePasifiki ihlala iqulathe uqeqesho loncedo loluntu ngokunjalo. I-Navy kunye neeMarines azizange zisebenze kunye kuphela kwezi ntlobo zeemeko, kodwa zisebenze kunye namanye amahlakani kummandla kwimisebenzi ye-HA.
Kwakhona, i-frigate USS Ingraham yafika ngoLwesithathu e-American Samoa ukubonelela ngoncedo kumaxhoba enyikima yangoLwesibini kunye netsunami.
U-USS Ingraham, othunyelwe ekhaya e-Everett, Wash., Uphehlelele i-helicopter kunye ne-hull eqinile yesikhephe esine-inflatable ukunceda abasemagunyeni basekhaya ukuba bahlole umonakalo kunye nokwenza imisebenzi yokubuyisela. Oomatiloshe baseIngraham nabo babesusa inkunkuma elunxwemeni.
Amandla oMkhosi waManzi wokubonelela ngokukhawuleza, impendulo eguquguqukayo yoncedo loluntu kunye noncedo lwentlekele lilitye lembombo leqhinga laselwandle laseMelika. Umkhosi wamanzi uxhotyiswe ngokukodwa ukubonelela ngezinto eziyimfuneko kunye nenkxaso ukunceda ukunciphisa ukubandezeleka kwabantu kunye nokuthintela ukuphulukana nobomi.
Umkhosi wase-US ePasifiki unembali yokusebenza kunye nemibutho yoncedo yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nezizwe ezibambe iqhaza ukufikelela kwabo bachatshazelwe ziintlekele zendalo. I-US Pacific Fleet ibonelele ngoncedo kumaxhoba enyikima kaDisemba 2004 yaseIndonesia eyavelisa itsunami eyabulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-230,000 ukusuka e-Indonesia ukuya kuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia kunye noLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya ukuya kunxweme olusempuma ye-Afrika. I-Pacific Fleet ikwabonelela ngoncedo lwesiqhelo oluthe kratya loluntu ngemisebenzi yayo yonyaka ye-Pacific Partnership.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Pacific Fleet provided assistance to victims of the December 2004 Indonesia earthquake that generated a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people from Indonesia through Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean to the east coast of Africa.
- Pacific Fleet is deploying personnel and units to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of natural disasters that have stricken the Philippines, American Samoa and Indonesia.
- The Navy and Marines have not only worked together on these types of scenarios, but have also worked with other allies in the region on HA operations.
