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Haitian President Jocelerme Privert (right), and U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Peter F. Mulrean (left), observe the damage caused by the hurricane from a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft flying over Haiti to conduct a post-storm damage assessment on October 5. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

Crew members from Air Station Clearwater, Florida conduct a pre-flight brief aboard a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft on October 5, as they prepare for a post-Hurricane Matthew overflight assessment of Haiti, Bahamas, and the surrounding areas affected by Hurricane Mathew. (Photo: Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse/U.S. Coast Guard District 7)

U.S. Coast Guard Captain Scott Clendenin, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, homeported in Charleston, South Carolina, welcomes the Haitian President Jocelerme Privert aboard the Hamilton after its arrival to the Haitian coast on October 8. The Hamilton crew transported disaster-relief supplies in support of the humanitarian assistance mission undertaken to support Haiti after Hurricane Matthew. (Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Johnson/U.S. Coast Guard District 7)

U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Peter Mulrean (center) and Haitian President Jocelerme Privert (to his left), stand among members of the international relief community and USCG crew members from the HC-144. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Cedric Pringle, commander of the Joint Task Force Matthew (right); U.S. Marine Corps Col. Tom Prentice, commanding officer of the U.S. Marine Air-Ground Task Force; and Tim Callaghan (center), with USAID, disembark U.S. Coast Guard helicopter CG-6013 after surveying the damage left behind by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti for the first time. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

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