{"id":43072,"date":"2019-04-01T19:37:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T19:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/01\/hub-and-spokes-us-pumps-aid-into-mozambique-following-massive-cyclone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:05:28","slug":"hub-and-spokes-us-pumps-aid-into-mozambique-following-massive-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/04\/01\/hub-and-spokes-us-pumps-aid-into-mozambique-following-massive-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hub and spokes: US pumps aid into Mozambique following massive cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Africa Command<\/a> has been allotted millions of dollars to help move aid supplies into Mozambique<\/a>, which was hit by the strongest-ever cyclone<\/a> in the Southern Hemisphere March 14-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon has authorized AFRICOM to conduct operations in Mozambique up to April 15 at a cost of $15 million, said Brig. Gen. Robert Huston, the command\u2019s deputy director of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Agency for International Development, which is the lead organ for the operation, also has provided $6.2 million so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of that money is going to fuel and other logistical costs associated with moving supplies long distances, with food and safe drinking water being among the top requirements for the 1.8 million people in urgent need of help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe speed of response is important in disasters like this and there\u2019s a great tyranny of distance, but I\u2019m pleased to say we\u2019ve leaned forward from the very beginning,” Huston told reporters during a teleconference Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom a neighboring country \u2014 Botswana \u2014 our defense attache recognized we needed to get boots on the ground to get an idea of what the scale of the disaster was,” Huston said. “And so they launched one of their airplanes immediately with four people on it to give us our initial overflight of territory so we could best target our response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relief effort has since morphed to include a team from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa on the ground in Mozambique, as well as a team in Djibouti, to help coordinate the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C-17 Globemasters are bringing aid supplies into Maputo, Mozambique, from United Nations World Food Program locations in Pisa, Italy, and Dubai, UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, C-130 Hercules and other assets distribute it throughout the areas impacted in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the \u201chub and spokes\u201d concept, according to Brig. Gen. Leo Kosinski, AFRICOM\u2019s director of logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large military aircraft are used to transport aid to a central hub, and then smaller aircraft, trucks and even boats transport supplies out to the \u201cspokes,” or smaller regions within an affected area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Matthew Oesterlec, left, and Capt. Derek Monjeau, pilots both assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron,\u00a0Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), fly a C-130J Hercules from Beira Airport, Mozambique, March 28, 2019, for the U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s relief effort in the Republic of Mozambique and surrounding areas following Cyclone Idai. Teams from CJTF-HOA, which is leading DoD support to relief efforts in Mozambique, began immediate preparation to respond following a call for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s Disaster Assistance Response Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So far, AFRICOM has moved 125 tons of food through airlift and conducted 30 sorties, \u201cand that is just the beginning,\u201d Huston said. Now that the air assets have figured out where to land and take off, the operation will start to pick up pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cmdr. Brian Patterson, the task force\u2019s lead operations officer on the ground in Mozambique, said that a tactical operations center was set up in Mozambique\u2019s capital of Maputo. In addition to the food and medicine, trucks to help deliver food deeper into the country have been also brought in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are approximately 90 U.S. service members on the ground, Patterson said. \u201cThat\u2019s not a hard number,\u201d he added, and more people and assets can be brought in as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roughly 250 Americans total are in Mozambique, though officials added that they are part of a wider network of relief organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huston said USAID and Pentagon funding, for instance, is part of a contribution effort led by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Army Cpl. Cedric Curry, left, and Spc. Hector De La Cruz, tasked to the Fly-Away Security Team (FAST) with the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),\u00a0secure supplies and equipment at Maputo International Airport, Mozambique, March 27, 2019, for the U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s relief effort in the Republic of Mozambique and surrounding areas following Cyclone Idai. Teams from CJTF-HOA, which is leading DoD support to relief efforts in Mozambique, began immediate preparation to respond following a call for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s Disaster Assistance Response Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the hub and spokes logistics train, \u201cwe are providing military capabilities, niche capabilities,\u201d Kosinski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose are initially assessing runways, and assessing capabilities of off-loading and on-loading aircraft and the most efficient ways to deliver cargo,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The runway in Maputo is currently fully functional with plenty of open space for C-17s to land. The C-130 flights out to other runways in places like Chimoio and Beira lack full refueling capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because many roads are not functional, AFRICOM will have to lean on the United Nations, which \u201chas the lead on managing logistics,” said Bryan Hunt, U.S. Embassy Mozambique deputy chief of mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are focusing primarily on trying to get things to their bases of operation,” Hunt said. “From there, they\u2019re using a variety of assets \u2014 boats, helicopters, small aircraft \u2014 where roads are impassable to get equipment out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) load relief supplies onto a C-130J Hercules in Maputo, Mozambique, March 29, 2019. (Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

U.S. officials will watch those lines of transport to determine whether additional help is required from AFRICOM or USAID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. is also helping with the public health situation in the country, where emergency workers are trying to contain outbreaks of cholera and malaria, Hunt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most U.S. assets in-country are already \u201cheavily tilted to the health sector,” he added, \u201cand we\u2019ve been able to mobilize many of those assets and relationships we\u2019ve built over a long period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means getting water and sanitation systems back online, Hunt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vaccines for cholera or other medicine does help, officials said. However getting local schools and health centers back up and operational is what will prevent a protracted crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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