The 101st is in American and can be deployed ASAP if called upon.
However, I believe food and water air drops were needed yesterday at the Dome.
Anything is better than nothing and nothing is what they have received for days now.
Indonesians from the village of Tjalang, Sumatra, Indonesia, rush towards a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2, as the helicopter touches down to drop off food supplies, Jan. 8, 2005.
Helicopters assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 and sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian effort in the wake of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Philip A McDaniel