Consoled

Tech. Sgt. Cody De Los Reyes, 67th Aerial Port Squadron, consoles a Haitian orphan before the little one boards an aircraft headed for the U.S. Sergeant De Los Reyes and 14 other Air Force Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, deployed to Haiti for just over a month to help stabilize airfield operations in the earthquake-stricken country. (Courtesy photo)

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Baby steps

Tech. Sgt. Justin Adams, 67th Aerial Port Squadron, guides a Haitian boy to the aircraft that will take him to his new home in the U.S. (Courtesy photo)

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Hope ahead

Tech. Sgt. Candace Arbogast, 67th Aerial Port Squadron, entertains a Haitian infant that would soon meet a new family in the U.S. (Courtesy photo)

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Half-bath

Senior Airman Sterling Broadhead, 67th Aerial Port Squadron, bathes with bottled water outside the tent-city at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he and his fellow Citizen Airmen lived for more than a month. (Courtesy photo)

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Laundry day

Tech. Sgt. Brent Barney and Tech. Sgt. Dennis Barton use plungers and their bare hands to clean clothes outside their temporary tent-residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Courtesy photo)

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2 creepy

The Reservists said their nighttime “neighbors” were tarantulas, like the one pictured here, as well as mice and rats. (Courtesy photo)

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Frail

A Haitian family looks over their rebuilt wall, which likely won’t withstand even a small aftershock. (Courtesy photo)

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Final approach

Volunteers cut through heavy debris in the final approach to human remains at Port-au-Prince’s Hotel Montana, which was destroyed during the earthquake Jan. 12. Citizen Airmen from the 67th Aerial Port Squadron volunteered to help excavate the site, where dozen of bodies are still entombed. (Courtesy photo)

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Site survey

Tech. Sgt. Myles Kvilvang, 67th Aerial Port Squadron, surveys the damaged landscape near Hotel Montana, where he and fellow Citizen Airmen helped the Army recover human remains. (Courtesy photo)

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Ruins

A single shoe lies among the ruins of Hotel Montana. (Courtesy photo)

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PHOTO ESSAY: Haiti from the Airmen's perspective

Published March 1, 2010
By Tech. Sgt. Justin Adams & Senior Airman Rahman Badarane
67th Aerial Port Squadron

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- This photo series is a first-hand look at operations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the aftermath of the enormous earthquake there Jan. 12, as well as the living conditions of the Citizen Airmen who voluntarily deployed to help in the multinational humanitarian effort. Photos were taken by Tech. Sgt. Justin Adams and Senior Airman Rahman Badarane, Air Force Reservists in the 419th Fighter Wing's 67th Aerial Port Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, during their month-long deployment.

Consoled

Baby steps

Hope ahead

Half-bath

Laundry day

2 creepy

Frail

Final approach

Site survey

Ruins