efforts, this includes george wh bush carrier strike to the eastern mediterranean sea to provide logistics, medical, and rotary airlift support if required. additionally u.s. army aircraft began flying missions out of the airbase on february 7th to transport first responders to the most effective populations, and on february eighth, blackhawks transported civilians to a medical facility. u.s. european command has designated u.s. full civil forces europe and africa as the lead component command overseeing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts within turkey. to aid in that determination, general andrew pretty, u.s. naval amphibious forces extradition theory per grade arrived february 9th to lead military coordination efforts with u.s. agencies involved in the humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts.
ok. can i just follow up, john, and thank you for that. that s really helpful. can you give more details on the support to turkey, specifically the u.s.s. george h. w. bush is on stand by, any communications with ankara whether it will be a part of humanitarian efforts? i think i updated as much as i could. what we are doing is what i put in the opening statement. there are naval assets in the mediterranean and under the command of u.s. naval forces europe. commander of u.s. european command has designated the commander of u.s. naval forces europe in charge of the operational coordination for military assets, and he is doing that. i cannot speak to any specific contributions by the aircraft carrier u.s.s. george h. w. bush, but obviously there is lots of there s lots of capabilities in the
for their continuing assistance and partnership. in other news, and i think this is important that we remember a lot of folks, people in turkey and syria right now are suffering. we want to, again, express our support for the people of turkey and syria as they respond to the deadly earthquakes that struck there earlier this week. in support of ongoing u.s. assistants efforts spearheaded by the u.s. agency for international development, u.s. european command has positioned personnel, equipment and a range of assets to aid the government of turkey in its continued search and rescue efforts. this includes the george h.w. bush strike group repositioning to the eastern mediterranean sea to provide logistics, medical and rotary airlift support if required. additionally there were missions flied on february 7 to transport first responders to the most affected populations. on february 8th, uh-60
we want to, again, express our support for the people of turkey and syria as they respond to the deadly earthquakes that struck there earlier this week. in support of ongoing u.s. assistance efforts, spearheaded by the u.s. agency for international development, u.s. european command has positioned personnel, equipment and a range of assets to aid the government of turkey in its continues search and rescue efforts, includes the u.s. navy s george h.w. bush carrier strike group, to provide logistics, medical, and rotary air lift support. to transport first responders to the most affected populations and on february 8th, uh-60 black hawks transported injured civilians to a local medical facility. u.s. european command has designated u.s. naval forces europe and africa as the lead
significant amount of debris so far that will prove helpful to the further understanding of this balloon and it surveillance capabilities. of note, due to less than favorable see states right now, teams will continue to conduct underwater survey and recovery as conditions permit. the department wants to thank the interagency partners from the u.s. coast guard, the fbi, state and local authorities for their continuing assistance and partnership. in other news, and i think that this is important that we remember a lot of folks and people in turkey and syria are suffering we want to express our support for the people of turkey and syria as they respond to the deadly earthquakes that struck their earlier this week. in support of ongoing u.s. assistance efforts spearheaded by the u.s. agency for international development coming u.s. european command has position personnel and equipment and a range of assets to aid government of turkey and its continued search and rescue