US General to Guatemala

Defense Secretary Rumsfled has dispatched the chief of US Southern Command Gen. Bantz J. Craddock to assist hurricane-stricken Guatemala:

Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, commander of U.S. Southern Command, arrived in Guatemala Oct. 9. In a conference call with Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Peter Pace this morning, Craddock assessed the preparedness of the Guatemalan military as good.
He said they had pre-positioned supplies, but the scope of the disaster is overwhelming capabilities to get aid to remote, mountainous areas of the country, Roger Pardo-Maurer, deputy assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere security policy, said today. The need for helicopters is particularly great in areas where bridges have been wiped out, often cutting off the only means to reach isolated villages.
...Rumsfeld called the situation in Guatemala "heartbreaking."
"It looks like it's a terrible natural disaster," he said as he prepared to depart for Miami.

Here is the general's bio.