ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Nov. 02, 2010) — It has been three months since devastating monsoon floods hit Pakistan. Last weekend, the new U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron P. Munter, and his wife, Ms. Marilyn Wyatt, marked the three-month milestone by helping Pakistani and U.S. military deliver approximately 3500 kilograms of flood relief. Ambassador Munter himself offloaded several 40 kilogram bags of food aid from a U.S. helicopter at Hassan Khan Jamali, in Pakistan’s Sindh Province.

"It is an honor to have the chance to work with Pakistani and American military personnel and to help the Pakistani people," said Munter. "This is a place that I think all of us will remember as a symbol of what we can do when we work together. And I'm very, very grateful to the Pakistanis and Americans who've done all this work."

The monsoon floods have affected more than 20 million people, destroying two million homes, killing approximately 1900 people and annihilating crops in areas where more than 80 percent of the countryside is farmland.

The U.S. responded immediately to the disaster: aid flights delivered more than 436,000 halal meals for distribution by Pakistani authorities. Six U.S. Army helicopters were dispatched from Afghanistan shortly afterwards to Ghazi Aviation Air Base in the north of Pakistan to begin urgently requested relief flights.

To date, U.S. military aircraft and personnel, working in close coordination with the Pakistan military have delivered more than 9 million kilograms (approximately 20 million pounds) of relief supplies and provided humanitarian airlift for over 28,000 people in the flood-affected regions of Pakistan.

Hundreds of U.S. military and civilian personnel remain committed to provide responsive humanitarian airlift with a dedicated fleet of 22 helicopters, flying missions in support of the Government of Pakistan’s flood relief effort.

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