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 Unified Coordination Group Addressing Puerto Rico Recovery, Governor Says By Jim Garamone
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 Puerto Rican and federal officials are working as a unified coordination group and progress is being made in all lines of effort on the island, but Hurricane Maria's devastation was so extreme and widespread that the island remains in emergency mode, Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in San Juan today. Government and nongovernmental agencies are working together to deliver food, water and fuel to people throughout the island commonwealth, he said. Progress is being made in all lines of effort, the governor stressed, but he acknowledged that much more needs to happen. His government is working "effectively with [the Federal Emercency Management Agency] and the Department of Defense, who are helping extensively with all of the logistics and the efforts we have on the ground," he said. Army Reserve Pvt. Richard Reyes, a Río Grande, Puerto Rico, native, and Sgt. Joewie Melendez, a Salinas, Puerto Rico, native, motor transport operators with the 1st Mission Support Command, transfer water to emergency disaster responders in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Oct. 1, 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Defense Department and other government agencies coordinated food and water delivery to civil authorities in Puerto Rico to support disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Maria. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor




Soldiers load cases of bottled water onto a truck.
        FEMA, DoD coordinate food, water distribution to Juana Diaz Puerto Rico
            Army Reserve Pvt. Richard Reyes, a Río Grande, Puerto Rico, native, and Sgt. Joewie Melendez, a Salinas, Puerto Rico, native, motor transport operators with the 1st Mission Support Command, transfer water to emergency disaster responders in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Oct. 1, 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Defense Department and other government agencies coordinated food and water delivery to civil authorities in Puerto Rico to support disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Maria. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor

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                    VIRIN: 171001-A-TN552-0022AAbout 7,200 service members of all services and components are on the ground in Puerto Rico, the governor said, employed in areas such as transportation, security, fuel units and medical efforts. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, the U.S. Northern Command representative on the island and the Defense Department's liaison to the FEMA-led effotrt, told National Public Radio that Puerto Rico has received everything he has asked for from Northcom and DoD. The Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, with three embarked helicopters and 10 additional aircraft, will arrive tomorrow. Eight Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys and two KC-130 Hercules transport planes also will deploy to the island. The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is due to arrive in Puerto Rico tomorrow. The Military Sealift Command ship is crewed with 800 medical personnel and support staff to support 250 patient beds. The ship will fall in on a medical system that is recovering from the storm. The governor said that assessments of the hospital system are complete and that 10 hospitals are back on the electrical grid, with others operating via generators. FEMA officials have worked up a fuel distribution system to ensure uninterrupted electricity at those facilities, Rossello said. Fuel is a major and necessary commodity. More than 759 of 1,120 retail gas stations have reopened, and waiting times for gas and diesel fuel have dropped drastically, he added, and about 65 percent of large grocery and big-box stores have reopened. After Maria struck the island, all airports and seaports were inoperable. Now all 10 airports are reopened, the governor said, and eight vital seaports are accepting cargoes. Some 37 percent of residents now have cellular phone service, Rossello said. "We have 270 antennas that are up," he added. "We have more than 1,700 antennas in Puerto Rico." Transportation within the island is improving. Crews are clearing roads and repairing roads and bridges as they move along. Aviation assets – including military helicopters – are providing commodities to those communities where road are still blocked. "We want to add more efforts from the private sector to help repair and open roadways in Puerto Rico, making our logistical objectives more clear," the governor said. "By the end of the week, we will have 75 percent of the public transportation efforts working."  *Editor's note: The original story can be viewed on the Department of Defense website.*
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