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Falcon Cafe Gets Off to Running Start DVIDS80561
Staff Sgt. Letito Tucker, from Lagrange, Ga., and Staff Sgt. Torie Gatlin, from Port Arthur, Texas, both food service non-commissioned officers with Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, tally head count information at the Falcon Cafe in Camp Striker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spc. Emily Wilsoncroft)
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Getting ready for Rita DVIDS10316
BEAUMONT, Texas -- Members of the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron worked through the night to transport patients to aircraft waiting to airlift them out of the path of Hurricane Rita. The Reserve unit, from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, also airlifted two mobile staging facilities to Beaumont and to nearby Port Arthur, Texas. In less than a day and a half, they had helped evacuate more than 6,800 people -- 1,306 of them special-needs patients -- to cities in Texas and elsewhere. (U.S.
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FEMA - 38748 - Damaged boats in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 20, 2008 -- Damaged boats at the Pleasure Island marina were lifted with the storm surge and landed more than 150 yards away from their moorings. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 39292 - Debris removal in Texas
Port Arthur, TX October 20,2008 -- An EPA worker watches an old oil container being compressed at a designated dump site for debris. FEMA and the EPA are working together to help the areas affected by Hurricane Ike recover. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA
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'Black Jack' soldiers continue spur legacy DVIDS430817
Staff Sgt. Chimere Gilbeaux, right, a native of Port Arthur, Texas, and medic with 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, helps carry a simulated casualty during a test-run of the unit's Spur Ride course at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, July 16.
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2024 Port Arthur, TX EF3 prelim path
Preliminary damage paths of tornadoes across the South on Dec. 8, 2024
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AMO Rescue Operations (36582074970)
An aircrew on a CBP Air and Marine Operations UH-60 Blackhawk searches for flood survivors in Port Arthur. August 30, 2017 Photo by Alexander Zamora
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Aerial view of Port Arthur, Texas
An aerial photograph of Port Arthur, Texas taken from a commercial airliner.
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CLB 31 at PHIBLEX 15 140929-M-FX659-314
U.S. Marine LCpl Donald Jackson operates a water filtration system during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 here, Sept. 29. PHIBLEX is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines alongside U.S Marine and Navy forces focused on strengthening the partnership and relationships between the two nations across a range of military operations including disaster relief and complex expeditionary operations. Jackson is a water support technician with Comb
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Chilean army officers visit Black Jack brigade DVIDS306498
Staff Sgt. Shirlee Burton, an Oakland, Calif. Native and an evacuation platoon sergeant for C Company, 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Sgt. Chancey Doyle, a Port Arthur, Texas native and a medical specialist for C Company, 15th BSB, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., instruct Col. Luis Alegria, chief of the logistical management department, General Support Command, Chilean army and Col. Luis Rojas, chief of staff for the Engineer Command, Chilean army, on
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EF2 damage Port Arthur, Texas 2024 (1)
A home that was heavily damaged at low-end EF2 intensity in Port Arthur, Texas. "Home heavily damaged. Roof is completely ripped off with some walls missing."
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EF2 damage Port Arthur, Texas 2024 (2)
EF2 damage to a church in Port Arthur, Texas. "Church building completely destroyed."
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FEMA - 38406 - Debris and an oil refinery in Texas
Port Arthur,TX, September 17,2008 -- Debris lines the side of a road near an oil refinery in Port Arthur,TX left in the wake of Hurricane IKE. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA
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FEMA - 38497 - A lineman checks downed power lines in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 18, 2008 -- A lineman inspects a wire that was taken out during Hurricane Ike. The power companies are working around the clock to restore power to all customers that lost power during the hurricane. Photo by Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38501 - Trash left on a fence in Port Arthur, Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 18, 2008 -- Hurricane Ike's storm surge swept debris through fencing surrounding oil refineries. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides help with state and local governments in debris cleanup after major disasters. Leif Skoogfors/FEMA
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FEMA - 38539 - Residents pick up blue tarps in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 19, 2008 -- Tarps are handed out to victims of hurricane Ike at one of FEMA's Distribution Centers. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38542 - Coast Guardsman directs traffic at a distribution center in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September19, 2008 -- Members of the US Coast Guard pass out MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) to hurricane Ike victims at a FEMA Distribution Center. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38544 - Coast Guardsman puts MREs in a residents car in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September19, 2008 -- Members of the US Coast Guard pass out MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) to hurricane Ike victims at a FEMA Distribution Center. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38705 - Salvation Army giving residents a hot meal in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 21, 2008 -- Salvation Army hands out hot meals at the Civic Center. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38726 - Boat being moved off the ground in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 20, 2008 -- Boats at the Pleasure Island marina were lifted with the storm surge and landed more than 150 yards away from their moorings. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38727 - Resident takes off a canvas cover to check out his boat in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 20, 2008 -- Boat owners check out the damage at the Pleasure Island marina. Boats were lifted with the storm surge and landed more than 150 yards away from their moorings. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38728 - Residents check out a pile of damaged boats in Texas
Port Arthur, TX, September 20, 2008 -- Boat owners check out the damage at the Pleasure Island marina. Boats were lifted with the storm surge and landed more than 150 yards away from their moorings. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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FEMA - 38745 - Residents lined up in their cars in Texas waiting for disaster supplies
Port Arthur, TX, September 20, 2008 --Residents in their cars lined up to receive disaster supplies. The line to receive ice, tarps, and other essentials distributed at a FEMA POD site. Photo by: Liz Roll/FEMA
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Dusk view of the Valero Energy Corporation's refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. From the Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
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