Hurricane Irma

A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 16th Airlift Wing inspects the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster II before conducting a mission in response to Hurricane Irma on Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Sept. 11, 2017. C-1 More

Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Worley was sent to act as the Virgin Islands National Guard’s senior enlisted advisor from September 16 to 28. He is presently the command sergeant major of the 55th Maneuver Enhancement B More

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 79th Rescue Squadron does a preflight check on an HC-130J Combat King II before deploying to south Fla., in response to Hurricane Irma from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., S More

Staff Sgt. Robert Schuetz, load master, 22nd Airlift Squadron, secures an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter loaded on a C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., at Nell More

Members Stationed on the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores look to their starboard side as they return to the cutter in the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 8, 2017. The William Flores crew got underway on Sept. 7, in prep More

A Federal Emergency Management Agency command and control vehicle is unloaded from a Team Dover C-17 Globemaster III, Sept. 24, 2017, at the Cyril E. King International Airport on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island More

The 140th Medical Group, Detachment 1, which is the medical component of the Colorado National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team, and their equ More

The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules flown by the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, conduct a pre-flight brief before a late night departure from their home base of Peoria, Ill., September 2, 2017. ( More

Soldiers of the 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga., inspect and prepare Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems in anticipation of Hurricane Irma at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep. 2 More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a brief prior to a practicing weapons handling and speed reloads on the M4 service rifl More

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules is being prepared for a late night mission September 2, 2017, from its home base in Peoria, Ill. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Todd Pendleton)

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge More

French Air Force Col. Dominique Tardif (center) discusses the scenario that is about to unfold for the day with other officers involved in creating challenges for the Combined Joint Task Forces who are planning More

Coast Guard Station San Juan, Puerto Rico crewmemers set a boat cradle under the station's 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in preparation of Hurricane Irma, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Coast Guard crews in Sector San More

Kirk Henderson, Service Branch director for the Incident Management Assistance Team, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region II, display a representation of Hurricane Irma’s projected trajectory, strength an More

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III is loaded with supplies in preparation for Hurricane Irma at the Richmond International Airport in Richmond, VA, September 5, 2017. Hurricane Irma is currently a category More

James Dean, contingency planner with the Fort Stewart, Georgia, Directorate of Plans, Mobilization and Security, displays a hurricane supply kit in his office Sept. 5, 2017, on Fort Stewart. September is Nation More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations in Jacksonville, Florida, prepare equipment and supplies in anticipation of Hurricane Irma. September 5, 2017

Coast Guard Sector San Juan members establish an Incident Command Post for Hurricane Irma response and conduct an operations and safety briefing prior to the storm making landfall, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The More

Kevin Robarge, head of operations, U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay provides information to leadership concerning Hurricane Irma.

The 25th Sustainment Brigade held a prayer breakfast Sept. 6, with guest speaker Lt. Col. Everett Franklin, 8th Theater Sustainment Command deputy chaplain, on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Franklin, a native of More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 Hercules waits on an airstrip in Key West Florida, prior to receiving eleven patients from the Lower Keys Medical Center for transport out of state, while at the Key We More

MAYPORT, Fla. (Sep. 6, 2017) –Yeoman 1st Class Richard Gozon, assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (USNAVSO/FOURTHFLT), fills a sand bag while preparing for Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Navy p More

A Sailor runs to secure an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Sept. 6, 2017, at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. Fourteen aircraft relocated here today due to More

Tech. Sgt. Steven Martin, 42nd Security Forces Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of police services, opens a gate for semi-trucks to drive on base to assist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency More

Maxwell AFB, Ala. - Maxwell Air Force Base serves as an Incident Staging Base for the Federal Emergence Management Agency in preparation for Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm bearing down on the Eastern coast More

1700906-N-SF508-065 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 6, 2017) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Levi Blank, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 2, moves an equipment shipping cont More

U.S. Army Spc. Sheila Velez, 253rd Transportation Company, packs as more than 130 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers at Cape May Courthouse, N.J., prepare to deploy to support the Florida National Guard in More

170907-N-BD308-668 CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 7, 2017) Lt. Mary Catherine Taylor, the intensive care unit nurse of Fleet Surgical Team 2 (FST-2), supporting the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), provides aid More

A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. arrives to Scott in preparation for Hurricane Irma, Sept. 7, 2017, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Irma is a category five hurricane with winds up to 185 mp More

A crew chief assigned to the 105th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron waits to guide a departing aircrew operating a C-17 Globemaster III at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York Sept. 7, 2017. The cre More

Members of the Florida Army National Guard conduct planning operations at the Camp Blanding Joint Emergency Operations Center, located at the Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, in Starke, Florida, September 7 More

An Air and Marine Operations Aviation Enforcement Agent prepares to conduct a rescue mission near the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricane Irma. September 7, 2017. Photo provided by: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., lands at McConnell AFB, Kan., Sept. 7, 2017. Aircraft were evacuated from MacDill AFB as a precaution to protect them from Hurricane Irma. (U.S. A More

Tech Sgt. Chris Cook, a logistics planner with the 151st Logistics Readiness Squadron and Master Sgt. Bodie Peterson, the cyber transportation noncommissioned officer in charge with the 151st Communications fli More

U.S. Army Florida National Guardsman Sgt. 1st Class Frank Coger prepares for activation in support of Hurricane Irma September 7, 2017, at St. Augustine, Florida. Coger is part of the Staff Coordination and Ass More

In response to Hurricane Irma, the arrival of equipment, military members and the medical evacuation to St. Croix ,VI, of patients originally hospitalized in St. Thomas, VI, began on St. Croix, VI, September 7, More

Tech. Sgt. Michael Miller of the 269th Combat Communications Squadron, Ohio Air National Guard affixes a shipping label on a barrel being prepped to be shipped as part of a six man package deploying to St. Cro More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct preliminary boarding procedures on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter and MV-22B Osprey More

A six person team from the 269th Combat Communications Squadron, Ohio Air National Guard board a C-17 Globemaster III as they prepare to fly to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island in support of Hurricane Irma relief More

KC-10 Extender is parked on the tarmac at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sep. 7, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Maxwell AFB, Ala. - Maxwell Air Force Base serves as an Incident Staging Base for the Federal Emergence Management Agency in preparation for Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm bearing down on the Eastern coast More

Airmen from the 23d Wing set up cots Sept. 7, 2017 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The base is preparing to support personnel and assets from FEMA in response to Hurricane Irma relief efforts.

Spc. Earle Wilson, a Supply Specialist with the Florida National Guard’s 927th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion checks in vehicles at the logistical support area at the Orlando International Airport. The St More

Capt. Eric King, captain of the port San Juan, Puerto Rico, conducts a port assessment of the U.S. Virgin Islands with a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, Thursday, Sept More

U.S. Navy and Federal Emergency Management personnel offload a patient at St. Croix’s Governor Juan F Luis Hospital on Sept. 8, 2017. Navy helicopters and Marine Corps MV22 Ospreys have been evacuating critical More

Air Force Reservist Lt. Col. William McLeod, 482nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, discusses with the media at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texa More

Capt. Eric King, captain of the port San Juan, Puerto Rico, conducts a port assessment of the U.S. Virgin Islands with a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, Thursday, Sept More

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – An image of Hurricane Irma downloaded by Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 6th Space Operations Squadron from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites on Thursday, S More

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide accountability reports for their respective units to Sgt. Andrew J. Getman, center, an administrative specialist with the 26th MEU, during a d More

170907-N-BD308-024 CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 7, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Arinze Ugbah, assigned to Fleet Surgical team 2 (FST-2), provides aid to evacuees as part of first response efforts to the U.S. Virgi More

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade remove a tarp from their HMMWV in preparation for the oncoming hurricane. Hurricane I More

Air Force Master Sgt. William Chapin, an Aerospace Maintenance Craftsman with the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, cleans a windshield on a C-130 Hercules before the aircraft departs Peoria, Ill More

Four F-15C aircraft from the 125th Fighter Wing in Jacksonville, Fla., circle the runway of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in preparation for landing and safe haven support, Sept. 7, 2017. The F-15 was More

New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers from the 253rd Transportation Company load cots onto a tactical vehicle at the Cape May Armory, Cape May Court House, N.J., Sept. 7, 2017. The 253rd is preparing over 100 More

Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade are loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Lo More

U.S. Army Sgt. Ken Burton, a LUH-72A Lakota crew chief assigned to A Co., 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina National Guard, prepares to support aviation operations in advance of Hu More

A Caribbean-based Air and Marine Operations hoist operator deploys a rescue specialist (who is also an Air and Marine Emergency Medical Service member and EMT) on Jost Van Dyke Island, British Virgin Islands. S More

A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. arrives at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sep. 7, 2017. Three C-17 Globemaster III’s from Joint Base Charleston are staging at Travis because of Hurricane More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2017) A GOES satellite image taken Sept. 7, 2017 at 8:45 a.m. EST shows Hurricane Irma, center, and Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean, and Hurricane Katia in the Gulf of Mexi More

NBC News Anchor Michael Garguilo prepares to record a news spot aboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing at Muniz Air National Guard Base, San Juan, Puerto Rico Sept. 7, 2017. Garguilo a More

Maxwell AFB, Ala. - 42nd Air Base Wing Commander Colonel Eric Shafa and Eric Shields of the Federal Emergency Management Agency hold a press conference at Base Operations, Sep. 8, 2017. Maxwell Air Force Base More

Captain Manzo Pinna, 75th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot, prepares his helmet in preparation for a displacement flight in preparation for Hurricane Irma, September 8,2017, at Moody Air Force Base, More

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 land on the flight deck aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 8, 2017. More than 300 Marines from the More

NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 8, 2017) Lance Cpl. Karl Fernandez, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, moves supplies aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in preparation for potential humani More

Lt. Col. Theresa Travis, 202nd REDHORSE operations officer, briefs Airmen for a deployment to Central Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma on Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida Sept. 8, 2017. The REDHORSE More

Capt. Eric Hickernell, 75th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot, taxis en route to shelter during a displacement mission prior to Hurricane Irma, Sept. 8, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. More than 20 More

Cmdr. Matthew Furlong, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, prepares to evacuate Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 in preparation for Hurricane Irma. The Coast Guard reminds all mariners th More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Assistant Port Director to the Port of Miami Christopher Dow, right, talks with officers in the field as he and others within CBP prepare for impe More

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing and 106th Rescue Wing prepare to offload an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from a C-17 in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sept. 7, 2017 after deploying ther More

A KC-135 Stratotanker is parked at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 8, 2017. Hundreds of aircrew and more than 100 aircraft from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and Pennsacola, reloc More

Members of the Florida Army National Guard with the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Headquarters plan for Hurricane Irma contingency operations at their headquarters located in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 8. Th More

Air Force Reserve Maj. Nicole Mitchell, aerial reconnaissance weather officer, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, conduct a preflight briefing prior to flying into Hurric More

NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 8, 2017) Seaman Donovan Zeanah heaves a mooring line onto the fantail of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as it departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in preparation for potenti More

U.S. Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Civil Engineer Squadron fill sand bags at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., during a statewide response to Hurricane Irma, Sept. 8, 2017. T More

Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepare for Hurricane Irma, Sept. 8, at Fort Stewart, Ga. Hurricane Irma is currently a category 4 tro More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Harlan Wiley, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tactical aircraft maintainer, performs a pre-flight inspection at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 8, 2017. Shaw’s F-16CM Fightin More

New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers from the 253rd Transportation Company prepare their gear and tactical vehicles for a deployment to Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma at the Cape May Armory, Cape May Court More

A view out of the heads up display on an Air Force Reserve WC-130J Super Hercules of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi as they fly into Hurricane Irma Sep. 8, 2017. T More

Three C-17 Globemaster III’s from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. sit on the tarmac at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sep. 8, 2017. The three C-17 Globemaster III’s from Joint Base Charleston are staging at Travis More

A Soldier with Company C, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment loads his aircraft with medical supplies on the tarmac at Cecil Field in Jacksonville. Throughout the Florida National Guard’s response to Hurric More

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 253rd Transportation Company carry their gear to a light medium tactical vehicle as more than 130 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers at Cape May Courthouse, N.J., deploy to supp More

California Air National Guard members assigned to the 129th Rescue Wing disembark a U.S. Air Force MC-130 in preparation for Hurricane Irma September 8, 2017 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. As the largest reserve f More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron and New York Air National Guard’s 109th Rescue Wing prepare to depart St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Isl More

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Bravo in St. Thomas receive assistance from a local marine tow service to transport emergency rations and water to the island of St John, Sept. 8, 2017. More

Master Sgt. Bo Wilcox steps up to inspect the underbelly of the C-40C plane with Staff Sgt. David Schallenberg looking on, both with the 932nd Airlift Wing, 932nd Maintenance Squadron, as they perform preflight More

U.S. Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, load 15,000 pounds of Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MRE) onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft, at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Fla., Sep. 8, 2017. The air More

Staff Sgt. Dungan Farver, 16th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, performs a preflight inspection prior to the takeoff of one of the final C-17 Globemaster IIIs out of Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina in prepara More

Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing assist in the evacuation of stranded American citizens from Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, September 8, 2017. The rescue wi More

An F-15C aircraft from the 125th Fighter Wing in Jacksonville, Fla., lands at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for safe haven support, Sept. 8, 2017. The F-15 was one of several planes using Wright-Patter More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tristin Kessamann, 2nd Operational Support Squadron air traffic controller, watches for aircraft out of the tower’s cab at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 8, 2017. Air traff More

A member from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. unloads equipment from a C-17 Globemaster III in preparation for Hurricane Irma, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Irma is a category five hurricane with winds up to 185 mp More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Christopher B. Timothy, the executive officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), briefs Marines and Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) at Naval More

Three A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, taxi to the SAC Ramp Sept. 8, 2017, on Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The aircraft were evacuated to Columbus AFB to avoid possible damage from More

Coast Guard vehicles are stored inside the hangar at Air Station Miami before Hurricane Irma makes landfall, Sept. 8, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney.

Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard offload a HH-60 Pave Hawk from a C-17 Globe Master III at Hurlburt Field, Florida on Sept. 8, 2017. The Alaska and California Air National Guard traveled to Hurlburt Fi More

Emergency management vehicles sit at the ready at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 8, 2017. Members of Team Tyndall leadership made these vehicles readily available for repairing potential damages and to ens More

Maxwell AFB, Ala. - MH-60 Helicopters from Naval Air Station Jacksonville arrive at Maxwell after evacuating due to Hurricane Irma, Sep. 8, 2017. (US Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox/RELEASED)

Blackhawk Crew Chief Spc. Lee Walls with Company D, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment loads a pallet of MREs onto a C-130 Hercules flown by a crew from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Squad More

FEMA urban search and rescue task force teams from New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee stage at Robins Air Force Base in support of Hurricane Irma relief, Sept. 8, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rola More