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Crewmembers onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Elm relax on the fantail of the cutter after getting underway from Miami April 5, 2007. From there the Elm went to the Caribbean to deploy hurricane detection buoys fo More

Coast Guard personnel look out a window at Sector San Juan as Hurricane Maria passes over Puerto Rico, Sept. 20, 2017. Coast Guardsmen in Puerto Rico sheltered in place and will begin search and rescue efforts More

Loíza, Puerto Rico, September 21, 2017 - The community of Miñi Miñi flooded after the Carraizo Dam released water, due to the overflow brought by Hurricane María. The category 4 hurricane tore through Puerto More

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lands at a soft ball field at a Coast Guard housing facility in Bayamon, Puerto Rico Sept. 22, 2017. The housing facility was used for Coast Guard personnel to s More

Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrews load relief supplies for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, Sept. 22, 2017. Crews' primary missions are search and rescue and port constitution. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by More

A U.S. Navy Sailor guides American citizens to an evacuation control center in Dominica, Sept. 22, 2017. U.S. service members with Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands set up an evacuation control center at the D More

San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 24, 2017 - The Puerto Rico National Guard delivers FEMA's emergency food and water to families in Barrio Obrero. FEMA and the Puerto Rico National Guard work together to provid More

A Homestead, Florida based DHC-8 crew assist CBP families to evacuate from Ramey, Puerto Rico. Jeffrey Quiñones

Virgin Islands National Guard members support locals in a time of need after category five Hurricane Maria touched down in St. Croix, September 25, 2017. A “POD” or Point of distribution center was set up at th More

Coast Guard Investigative Service Agents, Coast Guard Law Enforcement teams, Federal Emergency Management Agency crews, Red Cross crews, Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency crews and Puerto Rico police offi More

UTUADO, Puerto Rico, Sept. 26, 2017 - Members of New York Task Force 1 and the Puerto Rico National guard delivered food and water to residents near Utuado, Puerto Rico, Sept. 26. Michael Pruitt/FEMA Photo

A Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, Miami, crewmember, Coast Guard Investigative Service Agents and Federal Air Marshal Service agents deliver water to people waiting to board flights at San Juan (Puerto Ric More

Coast Guard members from Marine Safety Unit Houston and Texas City, Texas, take part in a safety brief at Sector San Juan with volunteers from the American Red Cross on Sept. 26, 2017. The Coast Guard and Red C More

Agents with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Black Hawk crew distribute much-needed supplies to residents of Puerto Rico as they conduct post Hurricane Maria humanitarian operati More

U.S Navy Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and a Marine with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) clear the flight deck as aircraft prepared to take off in support of Hur More

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a local resident work together to clear a tree from the main road as part of Hurricane Mar More

Citizen-Soldiers from Army Aviation of the Puerto Rico National Guard, transported food and water to the municipality of Jayuya, P.R., Sept. 27. The PRNG in support to federal and state agencies, distributed su More

Vega Baja, PR, September 27, 2017 - José Lucca, Individual Assistance specialist helps a Hurricane María survivor apply for assistance, at the shelter in the Lino Padrón high school. Yuisa Rios/FEMA

National Guardsmen from Muniz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, PR, load a C-130 with power generators and other emergency supplies for delivery to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 27, 2017. Puerto Rico More

PUERTO RICO, Sept. 28, 2017 - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue teams check on mountain communities in Puerto Rico. As of Sept. 28, US&R teams have covered 90 percent of Puerto More

Vieques, PR, September 29, 2017 - U.S. Marines unloads food & water to be distributed in Vieques Municipality to support FEMA's mission. Photo: Eliud Echevarria / FEMA

Frederiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands--US National Guardsmen help carry supplies for residents impacted by Hurricane Maria at a Point of Distribution (POD) at the Alexander Henderson School on September 29 More

JUNCOS, Puerto Rico, Sept. 29, 2017 - Residents of Puerto Rico meet with FEMA disaster survivor assistance representatives (DSA) to begin the recovery process in rebuilding their lives from Hurricane Maria. Pau More

Frederiksted, St. Croix--US Virgin Island Guardsman Sgt. Valence Moreno says goodbye to his wife, Natasha Moreno, who is about to board a Mercy ship at the local port on September 29, 2017. Photo by Jocelyn Aug More

National Guardsmen deliver pallets of food and water to impacted areas of Puerto Rico for municipality distribution via Blackhawk helicopter from the Puerto Rico National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility More

Comerío, PR, September 30, 2017 - Mayor of Comerío Josian Santiago hugs Congressman Luis Gutiérrez. Congressman Gutiérrez participated in the delivery of FEMA meals to the municipality of Comerío. Yuisa Rios/FEMA

Lt. Cmdr. Kelly Nolan, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Keeper Class buoy tender homeported at the Sector Field Office at Fort Macon, North Carolina, discusses the plan of the d More

Air Force Guardsmen attached to 123rd Contingency Response Group, Louisville, KY, assist soldiers assigned to 1st Mission Support Command in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in he More

San Juan, PR, September 30, 2017 - Members of the Puerto Rico National Guard help load meals provided by FEMA into helicopter to deliver food to the municipalities of Comerío and Dorado. Yuisa Rios/FEMA

Miguel Ortiz, a FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance crew leader, explains the process to register for disaster assistance to citizens effected by Hurricane Maria at the Pedrin Zorilla Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto R More

Two soldiers load supplies to truck in support of Federal Emergency Management Agency relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Sept. 30, 2017.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Oceguera, Tactical Law Enforcemnt Team South, Miami, crewmember carries Angie Santiago, a resident of Utuado, Puerto Rico, and cancer patient, to medical aid, Sept. More

U.S. Army Sgt. Luis Rodriguez, assigned to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), flies to Arecibo for a supply drop, Aricebo, Puerto Rico, Sept. 30, 2017. The 101st CAB will be conducting medical evacuation and More

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands--Aerial views of the island show destruction caused by Hurricane Maria which touched down on the island on September 19, 2017. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Bryan Ortiz, a Bayamón, Puerto Rico, native, and a motor transport operator, 1st Mission Support Command, and a fellow reservist secure pallets of water onto a distribution truck at the L More

Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 442nd Military Police Company board a KC-135 assigned to the New Hampshire Air Natonal Guard at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y. as they he More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 122th and 178th Engineer Battalions, South Carolina Army National Guard, stage heavy equipment for transport to Puerto Rico at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. S.C. Oct. 1, 2017 More

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) together with U.S. Navy Sailors with Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, discuss a local distribution centers procedures in providing aid to municipal More

Virginia National Guard members support locals in a time of need after two hurricanes made landfall on St. Thomas. A “POD” or Point of distribution center was set up at a local school to provide locals with foo More

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft is staged at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Wash., Oct. 2, 2017. Soldiers of the 218th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services), 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd More

San Juan, PR, Oct. 2, 2017--FEMA has established an Interim Operating Facility (IOF) at the Puerto Rico Convention Center. Thousands of responders from FEMA, DOD and multi-federal agency partners are on the gro More

Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s 442 Military Police Company are transported from Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, to Muniz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico by a C-17 Globem More

Santa Isabel, PR, October 2, 2017 - Individual Assistance staff help Hurricane Maria survivors at the shelter in the the John F. Kennedy school, apply for disaster assistance with FEMA. Yuisa Rios/FEMA

The Coast Guard Cutter Decisive loads relief supplies in aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Miami, October 3, 2017. The supplies include lumber, water and generators. Coast Guard photo.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joesph Tazanos, a fast response cutter, escorts the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) past the Coast Guard Cutter James, a national security cutter More

San Juan, PR, October 2, 2017 - Power generators and fuel tankers provided by FEMA arrive from the U.S. mainland to the port in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard members ride on a ferry to Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2017, with an M1088 tractor truck loaded with 24 pallets of emergency ration meals. The Federal Emergency Manageme More

U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard Soldiers load up supplies at the Joint Force Headquarters Virgin Islands on St. Croix, to be distributed to local residents at a nearby school. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin More

UTUADO, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2017 -- Members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue New York Task Force 1 deliver medical supplies to Utuado, Puerto Rico. The task force is working More

PUERTO RICO, Oct. 2, 2017 - Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long meets with federal partners as response and recovery efforts continue in Puerto Rico. FEMA Photo

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive leaves San Juan, Puerto Rico, to deliver relief supplies to the U.S. Virgin Islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Oct. 8, 2017. The supplies include lumber, wa More

A Coast Guard small-boat crew patrols near the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017. The Coast Guard and Department of Defense partners are workin More

Alejandro Torres, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico and chef volunteering with the non-profit organization, World Central Kitchen, prepares food for residents of Puerto Rico at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum More

Caroline Cuddy, team lead of one of FEMA's Disaster Survivor Assistance teams, meets with building managers of a senior living facility October 3, 2017, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. DSATs work in the field registe More

Civil engineers, force support personnel and security forces members from the Arkansas Air National Guard build a Disaster Relief Beddown Set (DRBS) in a matter of days on the island of St. Croix, Virgin Island More

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017. The Comfort will help support Hurricane Maria aid and relief operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo b More

Ohio National Guard Soldiers of the 285th Medical Company (Area Support) load water and mission essential equipment onto a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) Oct. 3, 2017, in preparation for movement to Puert More

U.S. Army Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard’s 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion leave the National Guard Armory in Lawrenceville, N.J., before flying to Puerto Rico to provide support in the aftermath More

Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Spencer, of the 188th Wing Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Group, assists in Puerto Rico disaster relief by analyzing images of the Guajataca Dam that is located in north More

Fabiola Vazquez Barriel, 10, helps her brother, Junian, 14, wash their father's car in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017. The people of Puerto Rico are resilient, evidenced by the stories of neighbor helping More

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey flies over the water near Guajataca Dam, Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017. The Department of Defense works with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in their relief efforts during the afterm More

Members of FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance Team discuss the computerized registration forms as part of the FEMA registration process at the Estadio Municipal de Luis A. “Canena” Marquez in Aguadilla, Puerto More

Hurricane Maria survivor waits his turn to receive assistance during FEMA relief mission to Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 4, 2017. The Department of Defense is conducting missions here, scheduled to rebuild and More

Army leaders board a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter at the Fernando Luis Dominicci Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to assess debris clearing efforts in Ponce by reserve soldiers assigned to the 1st Mission More

Brig. Gen. Richard Kim, deputy commanding general for United States Army North, speaks with Sailors onboard U.S. Naval Hospital Ship Comfort, Oct. 4, 2017, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The USNS Comfort arrived to More

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter J. Brown, commander of the Coast Guard Seventh District, is greeted at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 4, 2017, during a visit to check on operations in the a More

Soldier with Puerto Rico Army National Guard and a government representative meet with locals from the town of San Lorenzo, that is located in City of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Oct. 4, 2017. The top priority of the More

Betzeida Natal, a ward clerk at Pavia Arecibo Hospital, exits a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services tent setup by Disaster Medical Assistance Team Midwest 1 and operated by the Pavia Arecibo Hospital s More

Lornna Soto, Mayor of Canovanas, speaks to a FEMA representative during the a FEMA relief assistance mission to Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 4, 2017. The top priority of the Department of Defense in Puerto Rico More

Citizen-Soldiers from the New York National Guard in collaboration with the Puerto Rico National Guard brought water to a community affected by Hurricane Maria at Lares, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 4. (Photos by Spc. More

U.S. Coast Guard members from Station San Juan, Puerto Rico, deliver medical supplies to Culebra, Puerto Rico, Oct. 4, 2017. As part of the Department of Homeland Security team, the Coast Guard is linked direct More

Citizen-Soldiers of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard 1010th En. Co. 130ht En. Bn. work on road clearance and repair at neighborhood Pancho Febus in the municipality of Corozal where over 15 families are isol More

Sales service associate Reynaldo Zayas of the U.S. Postal Service at Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico provides information about rates and services to a Federal Emergency Management Agency More

Sandra Bosques, an attorney with the San Juan Justice Department, helps serve food at the San Juan Salvation Army in San Juan October 4. The top priority of the DoD, working together to support FEMA and local a More

U.S. Army Pfc. Ka D. Thao, assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), hands a box of food to a San Lucas 2 Hospital employee, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Oct. 4, 2017. T More

A U.S. Army HH-60 Black Hawk, assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares for take off from San Juan, to deliver food and water to the town of Jayuga, Pu More

Residents gather at a house on the outskirts of Utuado, Puerto Rico, Oct. 5, 2017, during a visit by a team of local, stateside and international volunteers from the American Red Cross to deliver tarps, food, w More

Col. James Delapp (left), Puerto Rico Recovery Field Office Commander, observes a Navy MH53 helicopter lift a barrier off the ground to be used for reinforcing the Guajataca Dam, Isabela, Puerto Rico, Oct. 5, 2 More

Christiansted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands--October 5, 2017--US Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams,MD, MPH, right, speaks with Vermont Army National Guard Medevac Units at the Base of Operations at the local airpo More

Col. James A. Delapp, Puerto Rico Recovery Field Office Commander assigned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance as he oversees the Navy MH53’s, as they help continue to strengthen the Guajataca Dam More

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), load supplies onto a HH-60M Black Hawk to give to the locals in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 5, 2017. The 10 More

Coast Guard members assess damage to a vessel at a marina in the wake of Hurricane Maria Oct. 5, 2017 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Coast Guard pollution response teams are working to mitigate pollution from vessels More

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Aealejandro Sanchez, assigned to the 192nd Military Police Brigade, Puerto Rico National Guard, holds Catholic Mass at the San Juan Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 5, 2017. More

The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 5, 2107. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize More

Diana Monroig, a hurricane survivor, talks about how thankful she is for the relief from the Red Cross in Lares, Puerto Rico, October 5. In response to Hurricane Maria, Joint Force Land Component Command conduc More

A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew flies towards Las Marias, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 5, 2017, to deliver relief supplies to victims of Hurricane Maria. Air Station Borinquen has been More

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Graeber, assigned to the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, evaluates the costal waters for oil spills and hazardous material, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 2017. Th More

A strike team with the Disaster Medical Assistance Team Midwest 1 prepares for a mission to find people who need medical attention, Oct. 5, 2017. Midwest 1 is operating out of Pavia Arecibo Hospital in Arecibo, More

Residents of Lares, Puerto Rico receive relief goods from FEMA during a mission provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Unit, Oct. 5, 2017. The Department of Defense is conducting mis More

Members of the Coast Guard a part of the Hurricane Maria Response in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico deliver supplies to an orphanage near Air Station Borinquen, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. As part of the Department of Home More

Maj. Manny Menendez of the 14th Combat Support Hospital, 44th Medical Brigade from Fort Benning, Georgia, meets with city officials from the Humacao municipality October 5, 2017 at the damaged Humacao Arena in More

Steve Dobbin, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, guides a forklift carrying a pallet of water to place in a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk bound for Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, October 6, 2017 in support of More

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, commanding general, Joint Force Land Component Command, visits Ramón Luis Rivera, Jr., the mayor of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, to assess the emergency relief efforts needed in Puerto Rico, More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Sharpy, Joint Force Land Component Command deputy commander in charge of air operations, visits U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Blaine Baker, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 2017. The SA More

Members of the California Interagency Incident Managment Team One move bottles of water from a pallet to a truck at Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 2017. The team works under the Fed More

Sgt. 1st Class Jose G. Graulau (left), a cargo specialist assigned to the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Lt. Col. Ricardo De Jesus (middle), a logistics officer assigned to the Puerto Rico State Guard a More

Christiansted, St. Croix, US Virgin Island--Vice President Mike Pence, left, speaks with FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Bill Vogel, right as Governor Kenneth Mapp looks on during a briefing that was held on More

U.S. Marines conduct sling load operations using a Navy MH-53 in order to pick up barriers to strengthen the broken dam in Guajataca, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 2017. The Department of Defense works with the Federal More

A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducts an overflight of the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, after it was reopened following Hurricane Maria, Oct. 6, 2017. The Coast Guard reopene More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Sharpy (right), Joint Force Land Component Command deputy commander in charge of air operations, talks to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesus Pech (left), 821st Contingency Response More