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JTF Matthew, a U.S. Southern Command-directed response team deployed to support U.S. disaster relief operations in the Caribbean in response to Hurricane Matthew, delivered over 10,000 pounds of supplies on its first day of operations. (Photo: Capt. Tyler Hopkins/U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South)

Service members from Joint Task Force Matthew and representatives from the United States Agency of International Development delivered relief supplies to areas afftcted by Hurricane Matthew to Jeremie, Haiti, Oct. 7, 2016. (Photo: Capt. Tyler Hopkins/U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Southern Command, deployed in support of Joint Task Force Matthew, offload bags of rice from a CH-53E Super Stallion at Les Cayes, Haiti, Oct. 6, 2016. (Photo: Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre/U.S. Marine Corps)

JTF Matthew delivered over 10,000 pounds of supplies on their first day of relief operations, providing humanitarian and disaster relief assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis provided food and water at the Haitian Coast Guard Base Les Cayes in Haiti, on October 6th, 2016. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis, an Over-the-Horizon interceptor, executed a harbor survey in the Haitian Coast Guard Base Les Cayes, Haiti, to support the U.S. Military aid effort following Hurricane Matthew on October 6th, 2016. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command and soldiers from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment unload an Ohio Air National Guard C-130H Hercules after arriving in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, ready to support the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort in response to Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 5, 2016. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Adwin Esters)

The service members of SPMAGTF-SC and 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment are part of Joint Task Force Matthew, a U.S. Southern Command-directed response team deployed to support U.S. disaster relief operations in the Caribbean in response to Hurricane Matthew. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Adwin Esters)

Joint Task Force Matthew, a U.S. Southern Command-directed response team deployed to support U.S. disaster relief operations in the Caribbean on October 5th, 2016, in response to Hurricane Matthew. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Adwin Esters)

An Ohio Air National Guard C-130H Hercules was used to transport the U.S. Marines and Soldiers from Kingston, Jamaica, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to support the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort in response to Hurricane Matthew, on October 5th, 2016. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Adwin Esters)

The humanitarian aid and disaster response operation Joint Task Force Matthew, directed by SOUTHCOM, was deployed in response to a request from the Government of Haiti. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Adwin Esters)

Approximately 100 military personnel deployed as part of Joint Task Force Matthew, the SOUTHCOM-directed humanitarian aid and disaster response operation to support Haiti during the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew on October 5th, 2016. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Adwin Esters)

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew welcomes Haitian President Jocelerme Privert aboard on October 5th, 2016, for the first post-storm damage assessment flight over Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. (Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Woodall/U.S. Coast Guard District 7)

Haitian President Jocelerme Privert (right), and U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Peter F. Mulrean, receive a safety briefing on a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane prior to a post-storm damage assessment flight October 5, 2016, over Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. (Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Woodall/U.S. Coast Guard District 7)

A view of Haiti from a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules airplane crew conducting post-storm damage assessment flights October 5, 2016, following Hurricane Matthew. (Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard District 7)

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