The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal last Saturday killed 6,250 people, left hundreds of thousands homeless and devastated large portions of the capital, Kathmandu.

Which is why the United States Marines are being sent in as part of a relief operation that will include 100 troops, six military aircraft and heavy lifting equipment.

According to Brigadier General Paul Kennedy of the USMC, the operation is part of an agreement that was reached with Nepal’s government last week.

More from The New York Times:

The U.S. military would help manage the growing piles of relief supplies clogging Nepal’s only international airport, located in Kathmandu, which has struggled to distribute all the aid arriving from around the world since the earthquake.

“What you don’t want to do is build up a mountain of supplies,” blocking space for planes or more supplies, Kennedy said.

The United Nations has said 8 million of Nepal’s 28 million people were affected by the quake, with at least 2 million needing tents, water, food and medicines over the next three months.

Check out the video above and see the Marines land in the aforementioned military aircraft (V-22 Ospreys) in Kathmandu.