Poland-Ukraine - DAILY SITREP 3/04/2022 (LAST 24 HRS)

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CURRENT SITUATION & SUMMARY

04 March 2022 LAST 24

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Follow-on Aerial Recovery Group (ARG) team members are enroute and the Mission Leader has made it across the border. Contact with the advanced recon team has taken place and brief backs have begun.  The Polish team house was found to be unsuitable for operations and an alternative was identified and secured.  Meetings with Ukrainian authorities have been set for early morning of the 5th of March. Aerial team expects to be fully mission capable within the next 48 hours.  Global Empowerment mission has sent medical supplies, equipment and food which was delivered by ARG to a Lviv church partner.  Additional larger distribution locations need to be scouted and large areas to hold refugees coming west on the Ukrainian side of the border.  Pre-coordination to include flights have been made with the Medical Support team and they...

Poland-Ukraine - DAILY SITREP 3/03/2022 (LAST 24 HRS)

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CURRENT SITUATION & SUMMARY

03 March 2022 LAST 24

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Established TEAM HOUSE “COLORADO”, host was very hospitable and was great about providing local knowledge.
• Morning was spent coordinating efforts with NGO groups in the region that are running supply routes.   
• 1200: coordinated with a driver to take us around the City to identify refugee safe houses and perform route reconnaissance.     
• 1330: communicated with bus drivers the importance of the fully stocking and preparing safe havens for current and future rescued orphans. 
• 1415: Interpreter brought two drivers with two cars to assist in further reconnaissance and defensive position checks around the City. 
• Our first stop was at a large church that had class rooms available while school was canceled for boarding of orphans.  Church had a kitchen and bedding to help.  
• While...

Poland-Ukraine Op- DAILY SITREP 3/02/2022 (LAST 24 HRS)

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CURRENT SITUATION & SUMMARY

02 March 2022 LAST 24

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HIGHLIGHTS

• 0900 Meeting with GEM leadership about supply chain coming from CONUS and expected arrival dates.  Coordinated tentative delivery points in Lviv, Ukraine. 
• 0930 March 2, J. M. and F. T. departed hotel to secure supplies to redistribute in Lviv, Ukraine.    
• At 1100 first vehicle was secured, supplies picked up and departed for border crossing Alpha route drive time was about 2.5 hours.  The last hour was a two lane unmaintained rural route with significant potholes.   
• Approximately 2 miles from the border local Ukrainian police had traffic stopped and would not allow entry to access crossing.  After a conversation about being NGO they cooperated.  
• At border crossing alpha lines to cross took about an hour for first checkpoint.  At that stop we were turned around and found...

Poland-Ukraine Op- DAILY SITREP 2/28-3/01/2022 (LAST 48 HRS)

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CURRENT SITUATION & SUMMARY

01 March 2022 LAST 48

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Aerial Recovery Group’s follow on team has successfully linked up with advanced reconnaissance team.  Information has been passed off, and current plans are moving forward as expected.  Due to increased requests for support, Aerial will be immediately deploying an additional support team.  Donations will be needed to support operations. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• On 28 February, J. Martinez and F. Russell departed Nashville, TN to their destination Rzeszow, Poland. Arrived at Hotel Rzeszow at 1830 after a 4-hour layover in kWarsaw, Poland. Op agenda is to secure transportation and secure safe-houses in LVIV.  Identify a distribution point to provide aid relief to Ukrainian Refugees & Orphans in partnership with Global Empowerment Mission.   
• An estimated 125 known individuals ranging from orphans to...

Louisiana Hurricane Ida- DAILY SITREP 08/30-08/31/2021

Click link to the right for Aerial Hurricane Ida Vlog 1 : Hurricane Ida-The Aftermath

                                                                                            ARG Aerial Drone Videos

 

30 August 2021 LAST 48

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The joint Aerial Recovery Group (Team Aerial) and Global Empowerment Mission Team (Team GEM) touched down in South Eastern Louisiana (SELA) within 24 hours of Hurricane Ida making landfall. Team Aerial and Team GEM are on the ground to provide immediate relief to thousands affected by the Category 4 Hurricane.  Team Aerial led by Britnie Turner (CEO-Aerial Group) and Team GEM led by Michael Capponi (President-Global Empowerment Mission) have deployed...

Aerial Recovery Group will be boots on the ground in Southern Louisiana tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31 for a recon mission and to provide emergency aid. The team will work alongside Global Empowerment Mission to distribute supplies.

Nashville, August 30, 2021 — Aerial Recovery Group, a global emergency management firm, will be headed down to Southern Louisiana for a recon mission and to aid in relief efforts following the devastation from Hurricane Ida that made landfall on Sunday, August 29.  The team includes Aerial Recovery Group Chief Executive Officer, Britnie Turner, former military personnel, medical team and a media team that will be capturing footage of the damage and first-hand interviews with locals who experience the storm and its aftermath. The team will also work alongside Global Empowerment Mission as they deliver containers of aid including critical necessities such as...

AERIAL RECOVERY GROUP CONTINUES CLEAN UP EFFORTS IN WAVERLY, TN

WAVERLY, TN- DAILY SITREP 08/29/2021

SUMMARY

22 August 2021

6 a.m.- 17 inches of rain was measured in Waverly,TN possibly setting a new state record for 24-hour rainfall. There have been 21 reported deaths and 20 still missing. More than 270 homes were destroyed and 160 took major damage.

29 August 2021

6 a.m.CST- Aerial Recovery Group team 1 departs Nashville areas to respond to needs in Waverly, TN. 

8 a.m.CST- Aerial Recovery Group and volunteers arrive in Waverly, TN to help with relief efforts. The team finds a local family needing help with demolition and clean up of their family home.

10:40 a.m.CST- Team 2 arrives in Waverly, TN. The team works together on the family home located at 414 Commerce St. 

The team received additional help from the recruited volunteers from the day before. They were asked to help remove all furniture, flooring, and appliances to be properly taken care of. 

1:30...

                                                                           

AERIAL RECOVERY GROUP RESPONDS TO

WAVERLY, TN FLOOD VICTIMS

WAVERLY, TN- DAILY SITREP 08/28/2021

SUMMARY

22 August 2021

6 a.m.- 17 inches of rain was measured in Waverly,TN possibly setting a new state record for 24-hour rainfall. There have been 21 reported deaths and 20 still missing. More than 270 homes were destroyed and 160 took major damage.

6 a.m. CST- Aerial Recovery Group team departs Nashville areas to respond to needs in Waverly, TN. 

8 a.m. CST- (Compassion Church 1452 Clydeton Rd, Waverly, TN 37185)- Aerial Recovery Group and volunteers arrive in Waverly, TN to help with relief efforts. Aerial worked with Compassion Church volunteer coordinator, Carson Plant to utilize the team in the best way...

AERIAL RECOVERY GROUP 

HAITI- DAILY SITREP 08/23/2021

CURRENT SITUATION & SUMMARY 

23 August 2021 LAST 24 

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The Aerial Recovery Group Team (Aerial) conducted medical transports to patients who were identified in the harder to reach areas of Port Louis de Sud and surrounding communities. Medical supplies were restocked and information gathered during the clearance of the mountains in the circles below was distributed to Mission of Hope for the coordination of aid to be airlifted in. Aerial also conducted a link up with four additional team members to increase the search ability. Two areas of interest were identified for the next 48-72 hours worth of missions. 

Circles depict the areas cleared in previous operations

Circles indicate areas to be searched in the next 72 hours 

08:00 EDT: Aerial Departed to Saint-Louis-de-SuD to link up with the three patients from the last reporting period to provide transport to them to higher care at the...

AERIAL RECOVERY GROUP 

HAITI- DAILY SITREP 08/22/2021

CURRENT SITUATION & SUMMARY 

22 August 2021 LAST 24 

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The Aerial Recovery Group Team (Aerial) continues to focus its efforts to provide medical evaluations to those in the hardest to reach areas. Aerial concentrated on the Cherette and Semaille areas north of Saint-Louis-de-Sud during this reporting period. Aerial’s Haiti on-the-ground response is led by retired Green Beret Jeremy Locke who is working with small village guides to get to the most remote areas in search of those too injured to travel through the difficult terrain and coordinate Air Medevac to get them to hospital. ***Please reach out to him if you know of such places. 

Circles depict the areas searched by Aerial Dismounted team

08:00 EDT: Aerial Departed to Saint-Louis-de-SuD to link up with pre-organized guides to start dismounted search in the Cherette area. (Same mission set as last reporting period.) After link-up was...