| Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Seventh District |
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AIR STATION CLEARWATER CREW AIDS IN TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS CLEARWATER, Fla. - A Coast Guard tsunami relief team of two C-130 aircraft and 42 people, including a C-130 crew from Air Station Clearwater, landed in Utapao, Thailand, today. The Coast Guard C-130’s are used for maritime patrol, search and rescue, and logistical support. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, and Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, Calif., each provided one aircraft to the relief effort. The aircraft will transport emergency supplies and strike team members will address hazardous material spills in the communities devastated by the tsunami. The Coast Guard forces will be assigned to U.S. Joint Task Force 536 that is conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in South Asia. The 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Munro, homeported in Alameda, Calif., departed Singapore Friday to rejoin the US Navy’s Abraham Lincoln Battle Group that is on scene providing humanitarian assistance to areas affect by the Asian tsunami. Munro was enroute to the Persian Gulf as part of the battle group that was diverted for disaster relief. Editor's note - Media interested in speaking to a representative of Air Station Clearwater are asked to contact 727-423-9361 to set up an interview time prior to 4:45 p.m. today or for sometime tomorrow. For further information on the Coast Guard's involvement in Thailand, please contact our California office at 510-437-3375. A photo of Coast Guard members in Thailand can be found at https://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=833&fuseaction=EXTERNAL.docview&documentID=60274 ### The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, maritime, multi-mission service within the |
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