{"id":23347,"date":"2018-09-14T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/14\/americas-armed-forces-punch-back-at-uninvited-brute-who-doesnt-want-to-leave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:09:05","slug":"americas-armed-forces-punch-back-at-uninvited-brute-who-doesnt-want-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/09\/14\/americas-armed-forces-punch-back-at-uninvited-brute-who-doesnt-want-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s armed forces punch back at \u2018uninvited brute who doesn\u2019t want to leave.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the 400-mile-long wall of storm sawed across the Carolinas toward the Appalachian Mountains, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/\" target=_blank>Coast Guard<\/a> pilots took to the sky to start saving lives from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at1.shtml?cone\" target=_blank>Hurricane Florence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after 1 p.m. Friday, Coast Guard officials in North Carolina announced that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcms.uscg.mil\/Portals\/10\/CG-9\/Acquisition%20PDFs\/Factsheets\/mh60.pdf?ver=2017-03-22-095116-947\" target=_blank>MH-60 Jayhawk<\/a> rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City was answering calls for help from local emergency responders fighting life-threatening storm surges, hurricane-force winds and catastrophic flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Navy leaders in Norfolk said that the amphibious warships <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2018\/09\/13\/uss-kearsarge-uss-arlington-staged-to-offer-hurricane-relief\" target=_blank>Kearsarge and Arlington<\/a> were tucked behind the slowly dissipating hurricane, waiting for the seas to still so they can sail to the Carolina coasts and start helping, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their efforts can\u2019t come too soon. Emergency management agencies in the Carolinas continue to report ripped out trees, pulverized roadways and electrical blackouts that have darkened more than 600,000 homes and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/14\/army-and-guard-ready-to-go-as-hurricane-florence-begins-assault\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-florence-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army and Guard ready to go as Hurricane Florence begins assault<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Soldiers are ready to react in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least three deaths have been blamed by North Carolina officials on the slow-moving storm and they count the number of residents possibly still trapped by rising waters in the hundreds, with many more likely to need rescuing as the trudging hurricane smothers inland counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a 10 a.m. Friday briefing, Gov. Roy Cooper called Florence \u201cpowerful, slow and relentless&#8221; that had morphed into a \u201cviolent grind\u201d slowly strangling his state: \u201cIt\u2019s an uninvited brute who doesn\u2019t want to leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To put the ferocity of the devastation in perspective, Cooper said the Tar Heel state has been hit with the highest winds since Hurricane Helene in 1958. And the 9.6 trillion gallons of rainfall deluging North Carolina will mark a once-in-1,000-years disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re deeply concerned for farms, for businesses, for schools and even for whole communities which could be wiped away,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"705\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swimmers2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swimmers2.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swimmers2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,176 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swimmers2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,451 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swimmers2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,602 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coast Guard rescue swimmers from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, preparing to launch for a search and rescue mission on Friday. (3rd Class Ronald Hodges\/Coast Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military officials told Navy Times that they\u2019ll rush more rescuers to the region as soon as winds and seas subside, but Mother Nature needs to lend a hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported that while Florence is gradually weakening it continues to reel off strong gusts up to 170 miles inland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather instruments Friday recorded winds gusting at 75 miles per hour at Federal Point, just north of North Carolina\u2019s Cape Fear, and blowing 60 miles per hour at the Fayetteville airport near Fort Bragg, more than 100 miles from the coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Storm clouds already have pummeled coastal North and South Carolina with 16 inches of rain \u2014 with 40 inches more coming in some areas \u2014 unleashing cataclysmic flash flooding and rising rivers, but much of southern Virginia escaped the onslaught.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/09\/14\/hurricane-florence-has-arrived-and-marines-aboard-embattled-camp-lejeune-have-decided-to-party\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18256616577395.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hurricane Florence has arrived and Marines aboard embattled Camp Lejeune have decided to party<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">So, how are Marines faring in the face of impending peril from the storm?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after 2 p.m. in Norfolk, Rear Adm. Charles Rock, commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, lifted the emergency evacuation order for all active-duty sailors and civilian personnel and their families residing in flood-prone \u201cZone A\u201d stretches of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rock\u2019s decision came several hours after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a parallel notice removing the mandatory evacuations of his state\u2019s citizens. The Navy order takes effect on Sunday and will allow troops and their families to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.511virginia.org\/\" target=_blank>safely return to southern Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur job now is to support the return of the fleet,\u201d said Navy Region Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Beth Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the fleet gets back, however, remains an open question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Fleet Forces Commander Adm. Christopher Grady has yet to order the return of nearly 30 vessels that sortied Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek earlier in the week as Florence neared the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 125 aircraft also exited Norfolk and Naval Air Station Oceana to escape the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt this time we do not have any information to announce in regards to sortied assets returning to Hampton Roads bases,\u201d said Fleet Forces spokeswoman Lt. Sherrie Flippin in a written statement emailed to Navy Times. \u201cPort and installation assessments are being made to ensure a safe return when the weather permits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"657\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kearsarge2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kearsarge2.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kearsarge2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,164 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kearsarge2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,420 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kearsarge2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,561 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 wash a CH-53E Super Stallion on Wednesday aboard the  amphibious assault ship Kearsarge. U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command deployed Kearsarge and elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit to lend humanitarian assistance in the wake of  Hurricane Florence. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael R. Sanchez\/ Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, Northern Command officials ticked off the troops and equipment already positioned in coastal areas or on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Guard has deployed more than 5,000 soldiers and airmen and 10 states are mobilizing more troops to send to the Carolinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Guard, Air Force and Army brought more than 160 helicopters to the storm-ravaged region from as far away as Arizona, plus 240 high-water Army trucks to churn through flooded streets.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/09\/13\/920th-rescue-wing-airmen-head-to-georgia-to-provide-hurricane-assistance\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">920th Rescue Wing airmen head to Georgia to provide hurricane assistance. <\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If needed, the Marines and sailors aboard the Kearsarge and Arlington will add a fleet surgical team, 16 helicopters, six MV-22 tiltrotor Ospreys, three ship-to-shore landing craft and dozens of vehicles, generators and other lifesaving equipment to the relief efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In towns along a coast stretching from northern Georgia to southern Virginia, 19 Coast Guard shallow-water response boat crews drawn from stations nationwide also were poised to rescue residents trapped by rising waters, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deployed from St. Louis to Goldsboro, North Carolina, Lt. j.g. 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