82nd Airborne soldiers from Fort Bragg are on alert. Soldiers are waiting for orders to send them to Haiti to help after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation Tuesday.
President Barack Obama has directed a swift, coordinated effort from the U.S., saying “the people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States in the urgent effort to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble and to deliver the humanitarian relief of food water and medicine that Haitians will need in the coming days.”
Officials haven’t given any other details about the possible departure.
