Description: BLACK JACK 絆 FLIGHT 2011.3.11 ANYTIME ANYWHERE JSDF 福島第一原子力発電所Earthquake TSUNAMI East Japan This is an (not cheap import copy) BLACK JACK FLIGHT 2011.3.11 ANYTIME ANYWHERE OUR OPERATION East Japan Earthquake PATCH: Jolly Green Giant Pick-up. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Your original SSI shades of color may vary from different US-Made batch/location and/or PC settings. On the evening of March 11th, 2011, Defense Minister Kitazawa ordered the dispatch of 50,000 members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to aid in the relief work for the Great East Japan Earthquake. (The number was increased to 100,000 by Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the morning of the 13th.) From the night of the 11th to the 12th, SDF vehicles arrived with a number of large buses at the town hall parking lot of Okuma, a town near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station . Unlike the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a tsunami had devastated a wide area on the coast, ranging 600 km from the north to the south. The fire department, the police, and the Japan Coast Guard assembled forces from all over the country in an unprecedented scale; however, in terms of working with an extensive area as such, the SDF had the largest organized manpower in the country, with large and rapid transportation vehicles, aircraft, and ocean vessels. As a result of the initial response of the SDF, those who were swept out to sea or isolated on the rooftops of buildings were rescued even at night. In order to rescue people in the cold water as soon as possible, the SDF deployed, in full, the resources which had the capacity to act at night. Following this initial rescue, the SDF also played a large part in the relief operation by managing the transport of supplies, providing food, water and bathing assistance, and even moving bodies of the deceased to temporary burial. It was in charge of transporting supplies from other municipalities to the disaster-affected regions; everyday, over 100 tons of supplies were brought to Matsushima base in Miyagi Prefecture and distributed to evacuation centers by land vehicles and helicopters. The SDF also worked to resolve the nuclear crisis in Fukushima as well as to rescue tsunami-affected victims: on March 14th, 200 members of the special units, were mobilized to inject water to the plant’s cooling systems. As well, within the 20-km zone, air transport was provided for people who needed help, searches were conducted for people whose whereabouts were unknown following the tsunami, and for people whose evacuations were not completed. As of May 12th, 2011, the total number of people rescued from the disaster of March 11th stood at 14,937. 8,306 bodies were recovered; 3,430,000 meals and 27,084 tons of water were provided; 545,773 people made use of the bathing assistance provided; 16,242 people received medical-related assistance; and 319 km of roads were re-opened throughout the affected areas of the three prefectures in the Tohoku region. (Asa Gumo newspaper, May 19th, 2011). The actions of the SDF in response to the disaster were done in the framework of disaster relief, which is one of the “primary mandates” for the SDF, while the main mission of the SDF is national defense. However, my opinion is that the SDF should be reorganized as units that specialize in local, as well as overseas, disaster relief. In reality, however, such an opinion is in the minority. The idea that disaster relief should be done in a way that does not hinder the mission of national defense is the mainstream thought. The response of the U.S. military, which deployed a strategy in conjunction with the SDF, to the disaster was fast. Ambassador John Roos, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, woke up President Barack Obama, and the initial response [to the disaster] was decided. (Yomiuri newspaper. May 13th, 2011.) The U.S. military deployed a carrier group off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, including the Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, as its core. 19 naval vessels, 18,000 personnel and 140 aircraft were assembled, and the so-called “Operation Tomodachi[Friends] ” was launched. The relief efforts of the U.S. military were centered mainly in Iwate prefecture and Miyagi prefecture. It is because of the criteria set by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). It required that activities done by the U.S. military be 80 km away from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Thus, except for a small part, the U.S. military did not conduct relief work in Fukushima. Operations were managed in a way not to extend the danger of radiation to American troops. The “Fukushima” incident had an effect on Operation Tomodachi. 7,500 family members of U.S. military personnel who were living in Japan were sent back to the States. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, George Washington, whose homeport is Yokosuka, was kept on standby in the Sea of Japan, which is the opposite side of Japanese archipelago.145 members of special units called the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) were dispatched to Japan, but their activities were limited to outside the 80-km radius from the Fukushima nuclear power plant; they went back home after staying for three weeks without doing anything other than waiting at the far area from the nuclear power plant. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故 Fukushima Dai-ichi (pronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was an energy accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, initiated primarily by the tsunami following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011. Immediately after the earthquake, the active reactors automatically shut down their sustained fission reactions. However, the ensuing tsunami disabled the emergency generators that would have provided power to control and operate the pumps necessary to cool the reactors. The insufficient cooling led to three nuclear meltdowns, hydrogen-air explosions, and the release of radioactive material in Units 1, 2 and 3 from 12 to 15 March. Loss of cooling also raised concerns over the recently loaded spent fuel pool of Reactor 4, which increased in temperature on 15 March due to the decay heat from the freshly added spent fuel rods but did not boil down to exposure. On 5 July 2012, the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) found that the causes of the accident had been foreseeable, and that the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), had failed to meet basic safety requirements such as risk assessment, preparing for containing collateral damage, and developing evacuation plans. On 12 October 2012, TEPCO admitted for the first time that it had failed to take necessary measures for fear of inviting lawsuits or protests against its nuclear plants. The Fukushima disaster was the most significant nuclear incident since the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the only other disaster to be given the Level 7 event classification of the International Nuclear Event Scale. As of September 2018, one cancer fatality was the subject of a financial settlement, to the family of a former station workman. The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation] and World Health Organization report that there will be no increase in miscarriages, stillbirths or physical and mental disorders in babies born after the accident.[17] Controversially, an estimated 1,600 deaths are believed to have occurred, primarily in the elderly who had earlier lived in nursing homes, due to the resultant poor evacuation conditions. There is an ongoing intensive cleanup program to both decontaminate affected areas and decommission the plant, which the plant management estimate will take 30 to 40 years. A frozen soil barrier was constructed in an attempt to prevent further contamination of seeping groundwater, which is slowing down the amount of contaminated water that is collected. The water collected is treated and all radioactive elements are removed, except for tritium. In February 2017, TEPCO released images taken inside Reactor 2 by a remote-controlled camera that show there is a 2-meter (6.5 ft) wide hole in the metal grating under the pressure vessel in the reactor's primary containment vessel, which could have been caused by fuel escaping the pressure vessel, indicating a meltdown/melt-through had occurred, through this layer of containment. Radiation levels of about 210 Sv per hour were subsequently detected inside the Unit 2 containment vessel. These values are in the context of undamaged spent fuel which has typical values of 270 Sv/h, after 10 years of cold shutdown, with no shielding. Several Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the U.S. Army Japan Aviation Detachment have been made available for relief efforts. A disaster assessment team from I Corps (United States) Forward departed Camp Zama and arrived in northeastern Japan on 14 March to assist in relief and humanitarian operations as well as set up a forward logistics base for supplies. A 59-member logistics team from Sagamihara General Depot helped reopen Sendai Airport. Japanese citizens move food and water out of a HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter March 15 following the March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country. The Sea Hawk, assigned to the Navy's Black Knights, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, is conducting search and rescue operations and resupply missions as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi in northern Japan. The Navy's Sea Hawk program is supported indirectly by the Utility Helicopters Project Office. The presence of the Army's UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, supported by the Utility Helicopters Project Office, is at a higher profile these days as two of the Army's Black Hawks provide search and rescue, and resupply assistance in Japan following the March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (Photo Credit: Navy Spc. 3rd Class Alexander Tidd). The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震 Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin) was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 29 km (18 mi). The earthquake is often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災 Higashi nihon daishinsai) and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the Great Sendai Earthquake, the Great Tōhoku Earthquake, and the 3.11 earthquake.You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Other items in other pictures are available from my eBay Store. They will make a great addition to your SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia collection. You find only US Made items here, with the same LIFETIME warranty. **eBay REQUIRES ORDER BE SENT WITH TRACKING, PLEASE SELECT USPS 1ST CLASS SERVICE w/TRACKING** Japanese citizens move food and water out of a HH-60H Sea Hawk March 15 following the March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami The Sea Hawk, assigned to the Navy's Black Knights, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, is conducting S&R operations and resupply in support of Operation Tomodachi in northern Japan. 正体はUSAF、嘉手納の33rd RQS のHH-60でした。黒いH-60系は怪しさ満点^^ 地震の災害関係の給油の飛来のようです(Photo Credit: Navy Spc. 3rd Class Alexander Tidd)**eBay REQUIRES ORDER BE SENT WITH TRACKING, PLEASE SELECT USPS 1ST CLASS SERVICE w/TRACKING** We'll cover your purchase price plus shipping. FREE 30-day No-Question returnALL US-MADE PATCHES HAVE LIFETIME WARRANTYWe do not compete price with cheap import copies.Watch out for cheap import copies with cut-throat price; We beat cheap copies with Original design, US-Made Quality and customer services.Once a customer, a LIFETIME of services
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: Kandahar Polo Club
End Time: 2024-02-25T10:08:37.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.99 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Country of Manufacture: United States
TX Patriot support our Troops: NIR compliant with LIFETIME warranty