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U.S. Air Force Evacuates 63 Critically-Ill Kidney Patients From St. Croix For Needed Care In Tampa

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED -- Some 63 kidney patients were evacuated from St. Croix as part of a humanitarian mission of the U.S. military. Air Force Major Gavril Goodman was on…

John McCarthy October 24, 2017

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Some 13,700 U.S. Department of Defense Personnel Arrive In Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico To Aid In Relief Efforts

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON — About 13,700 Defense Department personnel are now in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the region three weeks ago, Pentagon spokesman Army Lt. Col.…

John McCarthy October 14, 2017

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CNN REPORT: Everyone In St. John Must Be Evacuated Sooner Rather Than Later … Florida Senator Says He Heard They Will Be Moved To VA Hospital In Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] CRUZ BAY -- An emergency response worker in St. John told CNN's Jake Tapper that everyone there should be evacuated from the island as there is "no sustainable…

John McCarthy September 13, 2017

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Soldiers From Fort Bragg Fly To St. Thomas To Give Medical Assistance Following The Devastation of Hurricane Irma

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Fort Bragg soldiers from the 44th Medical Brigade deployed to St. Thomas this morning to help those affected by Hurricane Irma. "From the pictures I've seen,…

John McCarthy September 13, 2017

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Hurricane Irma Recovery For St. Thomas and St. John Residents Sticking It Out: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

PARADISE LOST: Damaged houses line a hillside Monday in Old Tutu following Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas. [ad name="HTML-68"] CRUZ BAY -- Hurricane Irma survivors on the hardest-hit islands in the…

John McCarthy September 13, 2017

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Six Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) Soldiers Go AWOL During Hurricane Irma … Government House Won’t Release Names

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Fresh off a "culture of rape" involving the hazing-style rapes of female members of the Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) for decades with impunity in…

John McCarthy September 10, 2017

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Dangerous Hurricane Irma Mash’ Up St. Thomas and St. John On Wednesday, Four People Reported Dead, St. Thomas Hospital Evacuated By U.S. Navy

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Hurricane Irma steamrolled through St. Thomas, St. John, the BVI and Puerto Rico, leaving at least 12 people dead in the region. In St. Thomas people were praying…

John McCarthy September 7, 2017