
AFP - A US Marine unit arrived off the coast of Haiti Saturday as the United States continued to ramp up its military deployment to the country’s relief effort, US Southern Command said.

AFP - A US Marine unit arrived off the coast of Haiti Saturday as the United States continued to ramp up its military deployment to the country’s relief effort, US Southern Command said.

AFP - The deployment of over 15,000 US troops to Haiti will have “no impact” on the surge of forces in Afghanistan, the US military commander overseeing operations in the region said Thursday.

AP - The top U.S. military officer is leaving open the possibility of a growing security role for U.S. forces if desperation turns to violence in Haiti, a risky undertaking in a country that was chaotic even before this week’s devastating earthquake.

AP - More than 240 U.S. citizens who were in Haiti for tourism, business or charity when the Caribbean nation’s devastating earthquake struck arrived back on American soil Friday, delivered to New Jersey by military aircraft.

AP - The top U.S. military officer is leaving open the possibility of a growing security role for U.S. forces if desperation turns to violence in Haiti, a risky undertaking in a country that was chaotic even before this week’s devastating earthquake.

Reuters - The United States will send up to 3,500 soldiers to Haiti from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to assist with disaster relief and security, a U.S. Army official on Thursday.