U.S. Army Pfc. Jerry Phin of the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade from Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares for a convoy from Fort Stewart, Georgia, to Camp Blanding, Florida, Sept. 12. Phin is one of many More
Georgia Army National Guard Pvt. Tarik Jefferson and Spc. James Adams of the Fort Stewart-based 179th Military Police Company augment a traffic control checkpoint with Georgia State Patrol Trooper William Bowma More
Reserve Citizen Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del., attend a safety brief in preparation for deployment to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Sept. 12, 2017. Dover More
170912-N-KW679-0023 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (September 12, 2017) Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Nicholas Hodges, assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1, turns a crank to lower a brow aboard expeditionary fas More
Marines and Sailors hand out food and water to the public in Key West Fl., Sept. 12, 2017. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 helped More
Master Sgt. William J. Taylor, 172d Logistics Readiness Squadron, loads a KC-130 assigned to the Marine 234th Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron, Fort Worth, Texas, with civilian Meals Ready to Eat, 172d Airlif More
Rymfire Elementary School special needs shelter medical team stand together in Palm Coast, Florida Sept. 12, 2017. The shelter is the only shelter opened in Flagler County to protect citizens from Hurricane Irm More
Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 914th Air Refueling Wing and the Pittsburgh 911th Airlift Wing load a C-130 Hercules with supplies at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. September 12, 2017. The Pittsbur More
A Soldier the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package searches an abandoned houseboat left in Boot Key Harbor after Hurricane Irma made her way up the More
920th Rescue Wing Citizen Airmen Master Sgt. Bob Kurzen, HC-130 loadmaster and Master Sgt. Sal Menendez, a guidance and control specialists, unload a deployable maintenance equipment box at Patrick Air Force Ba More
Pararescuemen from the Alaska and California Air National Guard leave Key West, Florida after completing their search and rescue mission, Sept 12, 2017. As the largest reserve force in the Department of Defense More
U.S. Army Sgt. Terrel Kevin Martelly of the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade from Fort Bragg, N.C., loads a vehicle in preparation for a convoy from Fort Stewart, Georgia, to Camp Blanding, Florida More
KEY WEST, Fla. (Sept. 12, 2017) Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) unload water from a CH-53E Super Stallion during humanitarian assistance efforts. The Department of Defense is suppor More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian Valencia (left) and Airman 1st Class Miranda Nelson, both cable and antenna technicians with the 202d Engineering Installation Squadron (EIS), Georgia Air National Guard, More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zach M. Kozlowski, left, a mortarman with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), helps a U.S. Customs and Border Protection More
Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 1-265th Air Defence Artillary, perform high water search and rescue with members of the Coast Guard and St. Johns Fire Rescue and firstresponders, in Flagler Estates.
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Brittani Stippel, a marine science technician, surveys damage Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Charleston, South Carolina, during an overflight following Hurricane Irma. Coast Gua More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Timothy (left) and Tech. Sgt. Anthony (right) with the 137th Intelligence Squadron, 181st Intelligence Wing, Indiana Air National Guard conducts near real-time analysis of U.S. Virgin More
Marines, with the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Security Augment Force (SAF), pick up debris from Laurel Bay, military housing complex in Beaufort, S.C., Sept. 12, 2017. Debris was cleared to ensure a saf More
U.S. Army Sgt. Robelto Vasquez, Jr. of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., fuels a vehicle in preparation for a convoy from Fort Stewart, Georgia, to Camp Blanding, Florida, Sept. 12. Vasquez is More
Coast Guard cutter Heriberto Hernandez and a Customs and Border Protection patrol boat contiue to have a heavy presence in the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma, Sept. 13th, 2017. Since the beginning of More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Elsira Preston of the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade from Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares for a convoy from Fort Stewart, Georgia, to Camp Blanding, Florida, Sept. 12. Preston i More
Guantanamo Bay hosted more than 20 Coast Guard cutters before they transited to Florida in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts. Courtesy photo
Hurricane Irma disaster relief personnel and 6,000 pounds resupplies are loaded onto Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130H Hercules airplanes , Florida, Sept. 12, 2017. The team of sixty multi-agency respo More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Branden Giembusz, an aircraft mechanic from the Ohio National Guard’s 3-238th General Aviation Support Battalion, performs routine maintenance on two Boeing CH-47F Chinook aircraft at McEnt More
A Coast Guard patrol boat navigates towards the Old Bahamas Channel in the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 13, 2017. Coast Guard Patrol boats and cutters resumed patrol operations in the Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea More
Staff Sgt. Tony Brollini, a flight medic with Company G, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, works with UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters everyday. When he was selected to accompany the Nebraska Army Nationa More
Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers from 1-376th Aviation (Security & Support) Aviation Regiment, conduct daily maintenance checks on four UH-72 Lakota helicopters, the morning of Sept. 13, at the Florida Nat More
Capt. Connie Bevino, 130th Airlift Wing Equal Opportunity Officer, hugs her daughter Tierni Clendenin upon arrival from Puerto Rico Sept. 13, 2017 at Yeager Airport, Charleston, W.Va. Clendenin and her husband, More
Soldiers of the 868th Engineer Company, Live Oak, Fla., conduct preventative maintenance, checks, and services to their vehicles prior to Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) operations in support of Hur More
A route clearing team with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package helped clear a port at Naval Air Station Key West to allow larges ships to reent More
Lance Cpl. Lukas Abbenhans, a crew master with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, inspects the interior of a KC-130J before departing from Lakefront More
Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield in South Carolina, serves as a temporary ISB to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging a More
Two Pennsylvania Army National Guard CH-47s are shouldered by C-130 Hercules aircraft on the tarmac in Southern Florida are poised awaiting further taskings in support of recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma d More
General Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, spoke to seamen deployed to St. John, USVI, in response to Hurricane Irma on Sept. 13, 2017. Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane, inflicted cata More
Gulfport, MISS. – A KC 130J, belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, receives fuel at the Million Air Fixed Base Operator, Gulfport, Miss., i More
Staff Sgt. Chris Moore, part of the crew of a Connecticut Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, conducts a survey mission in northern Florida, More
170913-N-KW679-0018 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (September 13, 2017) The expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1), left of center, is shown moored behind the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback (WP More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Jones, a crewmaster with Marine Aerial Refuel Transport Squadron 234, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, runs to board a KC-130J belonging to Marine Aerial Refue More
An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft lands aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sep. 13. The aircraft returned after being flown away in anticipation for Hurricane Irma. As MCAS Beaufort returns to normal operations, More
A boarding team from Coast Guard Northland, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia, returns to the cutter after completing damage assessments in Key West, Florida, Sept. 13, 2017. More
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receive a brief before conducting a replenishment-at-sea aboard the amphibious assa More
Capt. Joshua Stoll, Aircraft Commander, 183d Airlift Squadron, logs flight details during a sortie to St. Croix onboard a C-17 Globemaster III, Sept. 13, 2017. The C-17 was used to transport two UH-60 Blackhawk More
Tech. Sgt. Tony Jones, 621st Contingency Response Group contingency response controller, speaks on a radio at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., September 13, 2017. The 621st Contingency Response Wing is currently s More
Soldiers from Company A, 1-376th Aviation (Security & Support) Regiment, flew four Nebraska Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopters to Jacksonville, Florida, as part of an emergency management assistance c More
Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Jansan Schamp, from Denver, assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, surveys damage caused by Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys. The D More
KEY WEST, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2017) -- Capt. Bobby Baker, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Key West, answers questions during a press conference while touring the air station and local area. The Department o More
U.S Army Sgt. Rachel Dutton and Pvt. Diana Pelfrey, medics from the South Carolina Army National Guard's 1-118th Infantry Battalion load gear into a vehicle at Camp Blanding, FL Sept. 13, 2017 Their primary mis More
A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft returns after evacuating for Hurricane Irma at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 13, 2017. On Sept. 7 and 8, 11 KC-135’s were evacuated to McConnell AFB, Kan. in preparation for More
Palletized cargo is moved in to position behind the tail of C-17A Globemaster III of the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Air Force Reserve Command, as members of the 35th Combat Commu More
The Hamilton crew deploys a 35-foot Long Range Interceptor to act as a life boat during helicopter operations in Key West, Florida, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The Hamilton crew deployed to Florida in support of More
U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Clearwater, Florida and airmen from the 136th Airlift Wing, from the Texas Air National Guard work together to deliver 22,000 lbs of water (about 15,000 bottles), s More
Master Sgt. Nathan Lukey, a member of the 123rd Air Control Squadron deployed as part of a six-person team from the 269th Combat Communications Squadron, completes the final steps to fix a high-frequency commun More
Georgia Army National Guardsmen from the 348th Brigade Support Battalion load up their gear, Sept. 13, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Units from the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Task Force 78 More
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, Commander, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), Fort Sam Houston, Texas, listens to mission updates about Hurricane Irma relief and recovery efforts from Brig. Gen. Ralph Ribas, the Florida More
A loadmaster from the 16th Airlift Squadron signals a 10K All Terrain forklift onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, Sep. 13, 2017, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. A 17-member contingency response team from the More
Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Austin Rivera, from Fayetteville, N.C., assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, prepares to survey damage caused by Hurricane Irma in a More
U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit assist in cleaning debris caused by Hurricane Irma at the Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 13, 2017. The Department of Defense i More
170913-N-BD107-005 ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sept. 13, 2017) – Seabees assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202 remove debris from the roadways of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Hurri More
Congresswoman Val Demings, representing Florida’s 10th congressional district, meets with Col. Grant C. Slayden, brigade commander of the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, at their headquarters in Orlando, F More
Specialist Joannie Alvarez, automated logistics specialist for the 856th Quartermaster Logistics Company, and Airman 1st Class Kara Fredrickson, services apprentice at the125th Force Support Squadron, inspect v More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Andrew J. Jackson, a Marine reservist with Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and local resident of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, describes his experience during More
Airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, load vehicles with cases of water for Floridians affected by Hurricane Irma, Sept. 13, 2017. Soldiers and Airmen from the Florida National Guard h More
Pallets of water, food are expedited down the Florida Keys chain to distrobution sites in support of #HurricaneIrma impacted residents thanks to Chinooks from the Pennsylvania National Guard, Sep. 14, 2017. The More
A route clearing team with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package’s help a Scout Key resident clear access to his boat ramp so the search and extr More
Westover Reserve Citizen Airmen unload a C-5 filled with equipment and supplies September 13th, 2017, on the flightline at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. Over 50 of Westover's Airmen went to Homestead ARB More
KEY WEST, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2017) -- Lance Cpl. John Mark Johnson, from Wilmington, N.C., assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, answers questions for ABC News during a tour of Naval Air Station Key Wes More
Members of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Communications Support Forces repair a radio tower Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Islamorada, Florida. The crew restored the communication ability of the radio tower that w More
Coast Guard patrol boats and cutters navigate towards the Old Bahamas Channel in the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 13, 2017. Coast Guard Patrol boats and cutters resumed patrol operations in the Florida Straits and Cari More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., approaches the runway at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. The C-17 carried approximately 80 Airmen assigned to More
An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft from the 116th Air Control Wing, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, taxis toward the runway with the iconic Oklahoma City skyline in the background on More
A team of 22 search and rescue personnel departed Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Sep 13, 2017 to provide assistance to those effected by Hurricane Irma. The C-40 aircraft from Jacksonville, Fla., traveled to Key More
Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division listen to an in-processing brief at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, Florida, on Sept. 13. The camp is processing units into the state of Florida to be int More
KEY WEST, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2017) Sailors attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) exit Landing Craft Unit 1644, attached to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2, with supplies to assist with humanitari More
Team leaders with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Bureau of Fire and Arson Inves More
Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, load pallets of meals ready-to-eat, that will be distributed to citizens of Florida throughout the state at various shelters and More
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), travel to different communities within St. Thomas to clear debris from roadways in support of a More
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Farrell Sullivan, left, commanding officer, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Lt. Col. Marcus Mainz, battalion commander, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2 More
Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, secure gear to a pallet on Sept. 14, 2017. The gear is being sent to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in support of ongoing relief efforts from More
Aeriel views of the devastation in Key West from Hurricane Irma from Black Hawk helicopters piloted by National Guardsmen September 14, 2017. Wind gusts were recorded to reach 130 mph during Hurricane Irma. (p More
KEY WEST, Fla. (Sept. 14, 2017) Sailors clear debris from Lower Keys Medical Center, Key West, Florida, during humanitarian relief efforts following Hurricane Irma’s landfall in Key West. The Department of Defe More
Early morning preflight checks are completed as CH-47s from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard are ready to spool up for missions crossing the Florida Keys, bringing relief to the those impacted by Hurricane More
Approximately 40 Army National Guard Soldiers from Kentucky, Florida and Nebraska volunteered, Sept. 14, to restore the Cecil Field POW/MIA Memorial park and clean-up the area around the Cecil Conference Center More
Washed out roads like this one in Sebring, Fla., Sept. 14, 2017, are a common visual all around South Florida after Hurricane Irma swept through. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Carlynne DeVine)
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s small boat crew patrols off of Coast Guard Sector Key West, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Coast Guard Sector Key West was damaged during Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Pet More
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team assisted Pembroke Pines Police Department with distributing food, ice and water to people in need as a result of Hurricane Irma, Se More
170914-N-IM651-017 ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sept. 14, 2017) – Members of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team carry supplies to a temporary hospital built in the parking lot of Schneider Regional Medica More
Approximately 40 Army National Guard Soldiers from Kentucky, Florida and Nebraska, volunteered to restore the Cecil Field POW/MIA Memorial park, Sept. 14, in Jacksonville, Florida, while aiding with Hurricane I More
Airmen from the 118th Wing analyze damage from Hurricane Irma in the U.S. Virgin Islands from geospatial imagery on Sept. 14, 2017 at Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee. Airmen from the 1 More
170914-N-WB378-0007 ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sept. 14, 2017) – Hurricane Irma wiped out vegetation, structures, boats and landscapes in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Irma sustained 185-mph winds for 37 hours, More
The crew from the Coast Guard cutter Joseph Napier loads generators and other supplies to bring to the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma, Sept. 14, 2017. Since the beginning of the response, Coast Guard More
A convoy with the 144th Transportation Company refuels their vehicles as they conduct disaster response operations in the hurricane-damaged regions of South Florida on Sept. 14, 2017. (Photo by: 1st Sgt. Jeremy More
A route clearance team with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package search several vessels shipwrecked by Hurricane Irma, and left abandoned along More
Adm. Paul Zukunft, right, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, greets a Customs and Border Protection member Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at the joint Coast Guard and CBP building in Jacksonville, Florida. During h More
A Florida state trooper helps escort a convoy of Coast Guard communication trucks to Sector Key West, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, along Route 1 near Marathon, Florida. Florida state troopers escorted the caravan More
Greg Morgan, Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Sacramento, Calif., and Capt. Angela Carlson, a native of Forest Lake, Minn., and 602nd Area Support Medical Company executive officer, 261st Multifunctional Medic More
Coast Guard Air Station Borinqun, Puerto Rico MH-65 Dolphin helcopter crew transfers a 60-year-old man with a reported head injury to awaiting emergency medical services at the air station, Thursday, Sept. 14, More
Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6 Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) move cases of water to be brought to a distribution point in Key West, Fl., Sept. 14, 2017. Marines an More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jacob Draszkiewirz a pilot assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron, inspects the flight deck of a C-17 Globemaster II during a mission in response to Hurricane Irma on Pope Airfield, N.C., More