Hurricane Maria

Patients wait for medical care at a temporary hospital tent outside the VA hospital in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The main building is unusable after Hurricane Maria.

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After Maria, VA Battles PTSD, Other Health Issues in Puerto Rico Veterans

Jay Price

A month and a half after hurricane Maria, the VA Caribbean Healthcare system is delivering care in unconventional ways. And it's helping veterans whose…

Sgt. Gary Wyckoff (left) helps residents fill containers with drinkable water in Utuado, Puerto Rico. Troops from Fort Bragg are using a filtration system to purify the water.

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Soldiers Distribute Clean Water in Puerto Rico, Where It's Still a Luxury

Jay Price

Many residents are making daily visits to distribution sites, where the Army has set up portable water purification systems.Water -- especially safe,…

Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico mayor Enrique Questell Alvarado shows 105th Engineer Battalion Lt. Col. Cale Moody a road washed out by Hurricane Maria.

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With Huge Job Ahead, National Guard Begins Rebuilding Rural Puerto Rico Roads

A North Carolina-based engineering battalion is making slow progress repairing roads that were blocked or damaged in Hurricane Maria. But months of work…

PONCE, PUERTO RICO - North Carolina National Guard SSG Joe Rodriguez carries donated water and MRE's for Nani Soto in a distribution center in a sports arena in the Southern town of Ponce, the 2nd largest city in Puerto Rico, on October 20, 2017.

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Q&A With Military Reporter Jay Price On Hurricane Recovery In Puerto Rico

Eric Hodge

Last week marked one month since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, and conditions remain primitive on much of the island. About one million people...

Pilots from the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron fly a C130 to evacuate patients from St. Croix.

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Aboard A Rescue Flight: Air Force Evacuations Continue From Virgin Islands

Julio Ochoa

More than a week after Hurricane Maria, the Air Force continues daily medical evacuation flights from St. Croix. Patients are heading to South Carolina,…

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Military Crews Continue Mission To Transport Patients From Islands

Mary Shedden

Humanitarian flights to the islands of St. Croix and Puerto Rico are continuing in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Crews based at MacDill Air Force...

Patients are evacuated from St. Croix by the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of Reserves based at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base.

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Like a Flying Ambulance: Air Force Evacuates Critically Ill Patients From St. Croix

Bobbie O'Brien

Military C-130 and C-17 aircraft have been outfitted with medical equipment, as the Air Force flies patients to hospitals in the mainland U.S.Air Force…