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US forces fly in much-needed aid to Libya after major floods
The Air Force’s 86th Airlift Wing flew a C-130 airlift mission to bring 13 metric tons of supplies to flood-stricken Libya.
By Zamone Perez
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USS Sampson provides disaster relief to Tonga after volcano eruption, tsunami
MH-60R Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 49 conducted aerial damage assessments and air-dropped supplies to the local population.
Veep visits hospital ship Comfort before it sails south
The vessel leaves Wednesday from Miami, with stops planned for Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and other countries.
Op-ed: Trump sees opportunity in Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis as midterms approach
Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis – which began in late 2014, when a drop in oil prices deprived the government of its primary income source – has worsened to previously unimaginable levels. People are now dying from shortages of food and medicine.
By Marco Aponte-Moreno , St Mary's College of California
Lawmakers criticize Navy’s plan to retire one of two hospital ships
Members of Congress called the Navy's proposal to retire one of its two hospital ships a "strategic mistake."
By Nicole Bauke