US military deploys MTVRs, airlifts aid to Venezuela following deadly earthquakes

The U.S. subject continued alleviation efforts successful Venezuela connected Friday with the transportation of the past of 10 U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements (MTVRs) to assistance victims of past week's deadly earthquakes successful summation to providing different humanitarian assistance.

On Friday, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo craft transported the past of the 10 MTVRs being utilized to assistance catastrophe victims and alleviation personnel.

The MTVR crews volition enactment the logistics efforts to present urgently needed assistance to section communities, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

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A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5 prepares to nonstop Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements connected Marine Corps Base Hawaii during an in-stream offload June 18, 2026, successful mentation for RIMPAC 2026. Around 10 MTVRs person been sent to Venezuela to assistance successful alleviation efforts aft past week deadly earthquakes. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary Warr)

More than 1,000 MTVRs person been successful work successful Iraq and Afghanistan and person been heavy utilized successful contingency operations arsenic good arsenic missions supporting humanitarian operations, according to the Marine Corps.

At Simón Bolívar International Airport, which serves the superior of Caracas, the U.S. military’s Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center (HACC) was moving with section authorities, the State Department and different agencies connected the crushed to enactment catastrophe alleviation assistance.

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Rescuers enactment astatine the tract of a collapsed gathering analyzable successful the aftermath of earthquakes successful La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday. (Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo)

Marine, Navy and Army vertical-lift and rotary-wing craft were besides conducting airlift and transport flights, including delivering pre-packaged, self-contained meals for earthquake survivors and displaced citizens, SOUTHCOM said successful an update Friday.

A U.S. Air Force level astatine Maiquetia airdrome successful Vargas, La Guaira state, Venezuela, July 1 aft the June 24 duplicate earthquakes. The U.S. subject continues humanitarian alleviation efforts with the transportation of instrumentality and aid. (AFP via Getty Images)

The USS Fort Lauderdale remains astatine the Port of La Guaira, supporting communications efforts and serving arsenic a organisation point.

The Trump medication has moved successful to enactment the South American federation aft 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes past week, mobilizing $150 cardinal successful humanitarian relief.

A U.S. subject V-22 Osprey craft lands successful Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, June 27, 2026, arsenic portion of rescue operations aft earthquakes. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

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The medication has besides assembled a Disaster Assistance Response Team composed of much than 250 people, including 3 specialized Urban Search-and-Rescue teams.

The decease toll from the earthy catastrophe stands astatine astir 2,000 and continues to rise.