Joint Task Force Katrina

The USNS Comfort takes on supplies en route to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Joint Task Force Katrina was a joint operation between the United States Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency created on August 31, 2005 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi to organize relief efforts along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The operation was headed by U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré.

Included in this was a joint mission of USAF Reserve Security Forces personnel at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Their mission was to protect Air Force resources and personnel if the displaced persons being housed in shelters at Kelly AFB were to cause a civil disturbance.

External links

• Association of the United States Army: Joint Task Force Katrina begins setting up at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
• CNO Visits Iwo Jima - Joint Task Force Gulf Coast
• Army Support During the Hurricane Katrina Disaster