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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (1/6), 2d Marine Division, embark a U.S. Navy landing craft utility with Assault Craft Unit Two in Morehead City, N.C., Aug. 18, 2021. Marines with 1/6 deployed in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti for a humanitarian assistance disaster relief mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick King)</div>
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    <div><b>By 1st Lt. Sydney Murkins</b> <span class="date">/ Published Aug. 20, 2021</span></div>
    <span class="dateline-text">MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., </span>
    <p>MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. – Marines from 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) have deployed in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Joint Task Force-Haiti to assist in the ongoing U.S. disaster relief mission in Haiti.</p>

<p>Approximately 200 Marine Corps personnel, from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6), 2d MARDIV, will be supporting the U.S. relief mission. The Marines will join the international effort currently involving officials from the U.S. Embassy, other U.S. military services, and a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) that deployed to Haiti Aug. 14, at the direction of USAID.</p>

<p>Historically, U.S. military capabilities are most critical in the early stages of a disaster-relief operation, when fewer resources and disaster-response experts are available to help victims and impacted communities. As those disaster-relief operations progress, and more uniquely experienced experts arrive to assist with longer-term recovery and reconstruction, the need for U.S. military capabilities diminishes, and other, more experienced relief personnel and organizations assume the roles previously performed by military troops and units.</p>

<p>For more imagery and b-roll of the 2d Marine Division please refer to: https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/2MARDIV</p>

<p>For the latest updates from Joint-Task Force Haiti, please visit: https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/JTFHaiti or contact southcom.miami.sc-cc.list.cmd-public-affairs@mail.mil</p>
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