A week after the earthquake, almost on time, an old woman was pulled from the rubble singing. The rescuers hugged and cried together. British charity Christian Aid and Mexican Firefighters worked to free her from the rubble of the Roman Catholic cathedral, where she was fed water through a tube until she was freed from the compressed space. Her rescue gave hope to hundreds of rescuers constantly digging through the ruins of Haiti’s capital. There have been other extraordinary stories of children and adults who survived several days under collapsed buildings.

The rescue efforts in Haiti are a unified operations rescue and relief mission. The unilateral response has mimicked the UN culture of an internationally engaged coalition to resolve emergencies. The people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States, the emergency response was in charge of the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, who said that the immediate objective is to save lives. US Southern Command coordinated with the US Department of State and the US Agency for International Development. The head of the US Air Force Southern Command, General Douglas Fraser, announced the missions that were underway as a massive global response force. The list of responders included the Marine Corps and Army numbering in the thousands, Army Divisions always on standby such as the 82nd Airborne Division, the Navy diverting ships from around the world, the Air Force, the Service Public Health (Comfort hospital ship), Coast Guard ships and boats. for ground transportation, dive teams, Black Hawk helicopters, and fighter jets such as the US Armed Forces’ Operation Unified Response.

This humanitarian aid operation response is led by Colonel Gregory Kane of the US Army. Colonel Kane was given overwhelming orders to coordinate relief efforts at the airport and manage incoming soldiers, supplies and equipment. His Bio guarantees that he was chosen for this immense task.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, all six Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Citation Medal, five Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, Humanitarian Service, UN and NATO Medals, four Overseas Medals Ribbons, the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Korean Service Medal. He has also earned the Ranger Token, Air Assault Badge, Infantry Expert Badge, and Master Parachutist Badge. Colonel Kane was commissioned as a lieutenant from the United States Military Academy in 1984. He graduated from Airborne, Ranger, Jumpmaster, and Air Assault schools; Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Combined Arms Staff Service School, Air Command and Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. Colonel Kane’s previous assignments include: Leader a rifle platoon, support platoon leader, and S4 battalion of the 1st BN Regiment 17th INF at Camp Casey, Republic of Korea; Rifle Platoon Leader and XO Company at B Co and as S3 Assistant for Training at HHC, 2nd BN, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis, WA; Company Commander of Company C, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment at Camp Casey and Company Commander of Joint Security Forces Company, United Nations Command, Panmunjom Joint Security Area; Ranger Operations Officer at the US Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief of the Emergency Operations Center and Current Operations Officer G3, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia; BN XO, 3rd BN, 15th INF Regiment, Fort Stewart, GA; Deputy Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Regional Command South, Allied Forces Southern Europe in Naples, Italy; Battalion Commander 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia; Lead Trainer, Light Infantry Task Force, Operations Group, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; TRADOC’s capabilities manager for soldier systems and has just returned from Iraq, where he was Chief of Staff of Other Coalition Forces-Iraq. He participated in Operation CABINS in Honduras, Operation RESTORE DEMOCRACY in Haiti, Operation JOINT FORGE in the Balkans, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Operation JOINT FORGE in the Balkans, and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. His education includes a Bachelor of Arts from USMA at West Point, a Master of Science, Political Science from Auburn University, Montgomery; Master of Science, Strategic Studies from US Army War College, Carlisle, PA

As you can see from the numerous medals received by Col. Gregory C. Kane, he is the man to get the job done in an emergency situation.