Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

U.S. service members with Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands work with members of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team to unload water from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter in Roseau, Dominica, Sept. 30, 2017. At the request of USAID, JTF-LI has deployed aircraft and service members to assist in delivering relief supplies to Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The task force is a U.S. military unit composed of Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen, and represents U.S. Southern Command’s primary response to the hurricanes that have affected the eastern Caribbean. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Martens)