Photo Journalist Kirk Jackson Reflects on Operation: Seabird
Day One in Tanauan It was Haiti in 2010 that we last saw this level of destruction — a level of destruction that doesn’t just leave entire cities displaced, but also strips away its infrastructure,...
View ArticleDay Four: Delivering Food and Hope to Residents of Tolosa
The day got off to a warm start, but weather does not seem to affect the team, reporting they’ve grown accustomed to steamy mornings, intermittent deluges, and waves of mosquitoes until the wind shoos...
View ArticleEscalating Relief Efforts in the Philippines
Last night, a dozen volunteers departed for Manila as TR prepares to escalate relief efforts in the Philippines. Comprised of a construction crew, WASH specialists, and several first responders, the...
View ArticleOperation Update
Operation: Honest Abe Severe weather sprinted across the Midwest Sunday afternoon with more than 80 tornadoes reported across the region. Regions 5 and 7 are activating a response and deploying a...
View ArticleWelcome Home
On Monday, two members of Operation: Seabird’s alpha team returned from the Philippines to Los Angeles before catching departing flights home. Tuesday evening, nine more followed. All were welcomed by...
View ArticleMedical Team Providing Aid in Carigara
Currently, 65 TR volunteers are deployed on Operation: Seabird, divided among the cities of Manila, Tacloban, and Carigara. Bravo Team 1 conducted building improvements and stabilization of a field...
View ArticleOperation Rundown
Operation: Seabird More than 40 TR volunteers continue to provide relief in Leyte Province, split between Carigara and Tacloban, while a logistics team remains in Manila supporting those downrange....
View ArticleChris Wharton Reflects on Operation: Seabird
Chris Wharton is a former paratrooper/firefighter and TR training associate deployed with Operation: Seabird’s alpha team. Upon reflection, it’s ironic. I am one of the lucky few who work full time...
View ArticleSecond Phase of Operation: Seabird Winds Down
The second phase of our Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts is winding down as all but a small demob team remains in the Philippines to transfer medical operations to Relief International, whose personnel...
View ArticleThank You, Tishman Speyer
Adaptability is one of TR’s Operational Principles, and thankfully, our friends at Tishman Speyer are picking up what we’re throwing down in the disaster relief arena. In the last year, we’ve hired...
View ArticleOperation: Seabird Photo Exhibit Displayed at Philippine Embassy
On Jan. 16, members of the United States Marine Corps, Mammoth Medical Missions, and Team Rubicon gathered at the Philippine Embassy for its first Talakayan sa Pasuguan Townhall Meeting of 2014 to...
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