U.S. Southern Command, DOD News

The command is also working with non-governmental agencies to get supplies and medical capabilities to the affected area.

Southern Command Chief Says Speed, Effort Needed to Save Haitian Lives

By Jim Garamone,  DOD News

 "Our first mission [today] will be a hospital, through one of the NGOs that will use heavy-lift helicopters to move out into the affected area," Faller said.

All of this speed is the result of Southcom working with other agency partners and the international community as a matter of course.