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Confusion Over Dependents Departure in Japan
Update: Stars and Stripes has this at 10:39 am EDT – The Navy said Thursday afternoon it would start evacuating families from Naval Air Facility Atsugi and Yokosuka Naval Base, near Tokyo. A few hours later, officials at Misawa Air Base, in northern Japan, did the same. Camp Zama, a U.S. Army facility near Tokyo, said it was allowing families and non-essential workers to voluntarily leave. In a radio address Thursday afternoon, Col. Otto Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander, said he expects Yokota Air Base to join the list soon. The U.S. State Department’s announcement that it would pay for the voluntary departure of government dependents from three locations in northeastern Japan appears to have taken the Department of Defense by surprise. The briefing by Under Secretary Pat Kennedy suggests that State … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Government, Military, Original writing, Reporting
U.S. Dependent Evacuation for Part of Japan
Current information is not as specific as I would like about the voluntary departure of military dependents. DoD says yes. State does not directly say so. In Bahrain, the two departments acted together. Japan seems to be a matter of State jumping the gun??? The U.S. Department of State warns U.S citizens of the deteriorating situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recommends that U.S. citizens who live within 50 miles (80 km) of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant evacuate the area or take shelter indoors if safe evacuation is not practical. The State Department strongly urges U.S. citizens to defer travel to Japan at this time and those in Japan should consider departing. On March 16, 2011, the Department of State … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Government
Americans Ordered Away From Japanese Nuke Plant
he United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Department of Energy and other technical experts in the U.S. Government have reviewed the scientific and technical information they have collected from assets in country, as well as what the Government of Japan has disseminated, in response to the deteriorating situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Consistent with the NRC guidelines that apply to such a situation in the United States, we are recommending, as a precaution, that American citizens who live within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant evacuate the area or to take shelter indoors if safe evacuation is not practical. We want to underscore that there are numerous factors in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, including weather, wind direction and speed, and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Government
State Department Japan Travel Alert
Travel Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs March 13, 2011 The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the situation in Japan in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake, measuring 8.9 magnitude, that struck northern Japan on March 11. U.S. citizens should avoid travel to Japan at this time. This Travel Alert supersedes the Travel Alert for Japan dated March 13, 2011, to provide updated information on planned power outages, the evacuation of areas near nuclear power facilities in Fukushima, and the likelihood of further aftershocks and tsunamis. This Travel Alert expires on April 1, 2011. The Department of State requests all non-emergency official U.S. government personnel defer travel to Japan and urges U.S. citizens to avoid tourism and non-essential travel to Japan at this time. Temporary shortages of water and food … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Government
US Embassy in Japan Fact Sheet
In the interest of providing American citizens and other members of the public with the “facts on the ground” in the ongoing disaster and the relief assistance efforts, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has created the following Fact Sheet – which is a snapshot of the current situation. We will update this information as the facts change and as we continue our coordination with the Government of Japan. Consular Information There are approximately 160,000 American citizens in Japan. We are not aware of any confirmed reports of American casualties in Japan. The State Department has received numerous inquiries on the welfare and whereabouts of specific U.S. citizens in Japan. The Embassy and the State Department are working around the clock to determine the whereabouts and well-being of these U.S. citizens. The best information we have is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Government
U.S. quickly responds to Haiti quake
UPDATE: Jan 13, 2010 at 12:18 EST - U.S. Southern Command U.S. Southern Command will deploy a team of 30 people to Haiti to support U.S. relief efforts in the aftermath of yesterday’s devastating earthquake.The team, which includes U.S. military engineers, operational planners, and a command and control group and communication specialists, will arrive in Haiti today on two C-130 Hercules aircraft.   The team will work with U.S. Embassy personnel as well as Haitian, United Nations and international officials to assess the situation and facilitate follow on U.S. military support. Other immediate response activities include; -         At first light today, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter evacuated four critically injured U.S. Embassy staff to the Naval Station Guantanamo, Cuba, hospital for further treatment. -         Elements of the U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Wing are deploying … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Government
8 Republicans to Defeat in 2010
Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330 Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165 Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385 (And he’s seriously considering running for Senate!) Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361 LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572 McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611 Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761 Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765 Michelle Malkin … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Congress, Politics, Taxation
Building the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
Today’s Bloggers’ Roundtable was with Lt. Col. Pam McArthur, the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-South Command Judge Advocate. We discussed the status and progress of both the military and police training regarding Constitutional rights and justice in Southern Afghanistan. The region is under the Afghan 205th Corps. The Colonel described a judicial structure for the 205th that was modeled on that of the United States military. The major difference is that the Afghans have three sitting judges and no visiting judges. Training is conducted at all levels of the Army, from the common soldier on up. Often the training is combined with other training such as weapons familiarization, since that is a point where a large number of troops are assembled. This was a difficult BRT because McArthur seemed a little disconnected from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Government, Military, Original writing, Rebuilding, Reporting, Society, War on Terror
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