Help has arrived!

With the terrible Haitian disaster the United States has sent one of it's aircraft carriers, the USS Carl Vinson. For those people who don't understand why we would be sending a large warship into a disaster area, here is a little what the Carl Vinson brings to Haiti:

1) More than brave 3,000 sailors, including Navy Seals (to help with the security of the island)
2) An airport to transfer supplies to, and victims out of Haiti
3) 19 Helicopters
4) 3 operating rooms and several hospital rooms
5) Water purification equipment

Also heading to Haiti is a hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, which has about 550 hospital staff, 12 operating rooms and 250 hospital beds.

There were two additional ships also being sent to Haiti, the the USS Underwood and the USS Normandy. Another ship, the destroyer, USS Higgins is already on the scene.

The U.S. Coast Guard has sent four ships and air support for evacuation efforts.

The U.S. Air Force has special forces that were the first to arrive.

The 82 Airborne Division is sending 3,500 soldiers, due by Sunday.

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is sending 2,200 marines. An amphibious readiness group with three ships -- the USS Bataan, the USS Fort McHenry and USS Carter Hall -- will take the Marines to Haiti. This group can produce its own purified water.

That has been what has been announced so far that I can find. So to summarize: about a dozen ships and about 10,000 highly trained people, are headed to help in Haiti. It is awesome how the American military can come to the rescue in times like these.

I see the efforts that are put forth by the American military, to help people who are not even our own countrymen, and I wonder why President Obama believes he needs to apologize for all the errors (or perceived errors) that Americans have done in the past. This is why America is great. This is why I would not want to live anywhere else in the world.

By the way the most populous country in the world, Communist China, also sent aid to Haiti. They sent a million dollars. That is about what it takes to turn the engines over on the USS Carl Vinson. Glad they could help.