A week after the earthquake, almost on the hour, an old woman was pulled out of 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 they fed her with water through a tube until she was freed from that compressed space. His rescue gave hope to hundreds of rescuers who tirelessly dug in the ruins of Haiti’s capital. There have been other extraordinary stories of children and adults who survived for days under collapsed buildings.

The rescue efforts in Haiti are unified relief operations and rescue mission. The unilateral response has imitated the UN culture of a coalition of international participation to solve emergencies. The people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States, the emergency response was led by the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, who said that the immediate objective is to save lives. The US Southern Command coordinated with the US Department of State and the US Agency for International Development. The Chief of the Southern Command’s United States Air Force, Gen. Douglas Fraser, announced the missions that were underway as a massive global response force. The list of respondents included Marines and Army numbering in the thousands, Army Divisions always ready, such as the 82nd Airborne, the Navy that diverts ships from around the world, the Air Force, the Public Health Service. (hospital ship Comfort), ships and ships of the Coast Guard. for ground transportation, diving equipment, Black Hawk helicopters and fighter jets such as Operation Unified Response of the US Armed Forces.

This humanitarian aid operation response is led by Colonel Gregory Kane of the United States Army. Colonel Kane was given the daunting orders to coordinate relief efforts at the airport and manage arriving soldiers, supplies and equipment. His biography supports that he was chosen for this immense task.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the six Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Commendation Medal, five Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, the for Humanitarian Service, the UN and NATO Medals, four Overseas Ribbons, the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Korean Service Medal. He has also obtained the Ranger Token, the Air Assault Badge, the Infantry Expert Badge, and the Paratrooper Master Badge. Colonel Kane was appointed a Lieutenant of the United States Military Academy in 1984. He graduated from airborne, ranger, jumper, and air assault schools; Basic and Advanced Courses for Infantry Officer, Combined Arms Personnel Service School, US Army Air Command and General Staff School, and War College Colonel Kane’s previous assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader , Leader of the Support Platoon and S4 Battalion of the 1st INF Regiment 17th BN at Camp Casey, Republic of Korea; XO Company and Rifle Platoon Leader 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 Force 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, South Regional Command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Allied Forces of Southern Europe in Naples, Italy; Battalion Commander 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia; Lead Instructor, 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 Forces of the Coalition-Iraq. He participated in Operation CABANAS in Honduras, Operation RESTORE DEMOCRACY in Haiti, Operation JOINT FORGE in the Balkans and 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, US Army War College, Carlisle, PA

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