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Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy, Ben Hemingway of USAID and Rear Adm. Hugh Wetherald are interviewed by Sky News about the response of the world to the typhoon survivors and the progress of the relief effort. Also available in high definition.

CPT Matthew Phelps, assistant logistics operations officer for the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, from Chicago, Ill. talks about his mission in the Phillipines during Operation Damayan.

Video interview with TSgt Mark Peterson, 36th Munitions Squadron engineering technician, and member of the Contingency Readiness Group. He talks about what he will be doing when he arrives in the Philippines, what his training is, his experiences performing his primary Air Force duties and how they have prepared him for this humanitarian mission to Tacloban in support of Operation Damayan.

Blake Young, president and chief executive officer of Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, and Melanie Flood, development and communications director, commend the California National Guard for its recent assistance to the Sacramento, California outlet. The food bank serves hundreds of thousand recipients a month but the COVID-19 outbreak diminished the facility’s volunteers. Cal Guardsmen stepped forward to assist operations. (Army National Guard video production by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

U.S. service members with the Armed Services Blood Bank Center (ASBBC) gather blood donations on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan on 15 November, 2013. The Blood Drive was conducted to gather much needed blood supplies for service members in support of Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) Operation Damayan in the Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug). Also available in High Definition.

Cpl. Tyler Mitchell a public affairs Marine with AFN Broadcasting, talks about his mission as a broadcaster in Operation Damayan in the Phillipines.