Military mission in Puerto Rico after hurricane was better than critics say but suffered flaws
- Written by Birthe Anders, Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
Some 17,000 U.S. troops aided in the Caribbean relief effort after hurricanes Irma and Maria. That's roughly equivalent to the U.S. military's humanitarian mission in the Philippines after Typhoon Hiyan in 2013.U.S. Department of Agriculture
It’s been over six months since powerful back-to-back storms left “catastrophic” damage in...