Hurricane Irma

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 07, 2017) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) transport an evacuee as part of first response efforts to the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Th More

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 07, 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. Virgin Islands in the wa 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

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 07, 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

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

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 07, 2017) Sailors attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) load evacuees onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 (HSC-22), as part o 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

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 07, 2017) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) transport an evacuee as part of first response efforts to the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Th More

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (Sep. 07, 2017) Cmdr. Gregory Freitag, officer in charge of Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 2, and Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class John Malico, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron ( 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

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 07, 2017) Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, left, discusses Hurricane Irma with Capt. Nicholas Dienna, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), on the ship's b 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

KEY WEST, Fla. (Sep. 07, 2017) Capt. Bobby Baker, left, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Key West, listens as staff updates the status of the air station ahead of Hurricane Irma. Non-essential active du 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

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 07, 2017) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class John Malico and Aircrewman (Rescue Swimmer) 1st Class Erick Sotelo, both assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, help a mother 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

KEY WEST, Fla. (Sep. 07, 2017) Naval Air Station Key West Commanding Officer Capt. Bobby Baker is briefed by acting Emergency Manager Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handler) Cory Schwisow, from Crete, Nebrask More

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 07, 2017) Sailors attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) load evacuees onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 (HSC-22), as part o 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

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (Sep. 08, 2017) A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion arrives from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Aircraft are arriving for safe haven ahead of the advancing hurricane Irma, which 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (Sep. 08, 2017) A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion arrives from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Aircraft are arriving for safe haven ahead of the advancing hurricane Irma, which More

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (Sep. 08, 2017) A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon arrives from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Aircraft are arriving for safe haven ahead of the advancing hurricane Irma, which 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

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (Sep. 08, 2017) A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon arrives from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Aircraft are arriving for safe haven ahead of the advancing hurricane Irma, which 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

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (Sep. 08, 2017) A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon arrives from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Aircraft are arriving for safe haven ahead of the advancing hurricane Irma, which 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

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

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

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.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 08, 2017) A GOES satellite image taken Sept. 8, 2017 at 9:45 a.m. EST shows Hurricane Irma, center, in the Caribbean Sea, Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean, and Hurricane Katia i More

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

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

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III takes off in preparation for evacuation due to Hurricane Irma at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 8, 2017. First responders came together nationwide to provide aid to 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

Air Commandos load aircraft in preparation for Hurricane Irma at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 9, 2017. Aircraft from the 1st Special Operations Wing were evacuated to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., as a preca More

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sep. 09, 2017) Sailors and members of the National Disaster Medical Assistance Team prepare residents for evacuation as part of first response efforts to the U.S. Virgin Islands More

Airmen with the 901st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load equipment onto an MC-130H Combat Talon II, Sept. 9, 2017, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 1st Special Operations Wing, exercising an a More

2nd Lt. Erik Honig, Staff Sgt. Jessica Hammett and Spc. Doug Nesmith discuss shelter operations support as part of the 1-124 Infantry Battalion’s response to Hurricane Irma on Sept. 9, 2017. (Photo by Maj. Coll More

Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-124th Infantry Battalion hand out meals to mobility impaired evacuees prior to the landfall of Hurricane Irma at American Senior High School, in Miramar, Florida on Sept. 9, 2017. More

(L-R) Staff Sgt. Ashli Coughlon, Master Sgt. Eve Wasche, Master Sgt. Greg Buennemeyer, and Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Foley pose before departing the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill. Sep. 9, 2017, transportin More

New Orleans, LA -A C-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 453, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, arrives at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse, LA, Sep. 9, 2017. Mar More

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sep. 09, 2017) Members of the National Disaster Medical Assistance Team prepare residents for evacuation as part of first response efforts to the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron controll a helicopter landing zone on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 9, 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The Airmen have co More

ATLANTIC OCEAN- (Sep. 09, 2017) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Michael Goodale, from Shorewood, Ill., releases pressure from a charged hose during a hydrostatic test inside the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class a More

Airmen load a Joint-Base Lewis-McChord C-17 Globemaster III with Federal Emergency Management Agency equipment September 9, 2017 on the flightline at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. Three C-17s from March ARB, More

Personnel from the New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services and Urban Search and Rescue prepare their equipment for Hurricane Irma response efforts at the Orlando Convention Center. New More

Air Mobility Command C-17s and crews from Joint Base Charleston prepare to depart from Washington Dulles International Airport to support a tasking from the U.S. Department Health and Human Services to transpor More

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, launch to relocate in preparation for Hurricane Irma’s pot More

ATLANTIC OCEAN- (Sep. 09, 2017) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Michael Goodale, from Shorewood, Ill., releases pressure from a charged hose during a hydrostatic test inside the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class a More

Master Sgt. Donald Waters, plans scheduling, and Tech. Sgt. Bruce Andrews, crew chief, from the 125th Fighter Wing coordinate the distribution of Airmen among 11 shelters opened across Duval County in preparati More

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sep. 09, 2017) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge and the More

Members from Coast Guard Station Cortez, a multi-mission unit on the west coast of Florida, make preparations to evacuate their crew and assets out of Hurricane Irma’s path before it makes landfall. The Coast G More

Members of the 164th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, along with a Department of Homeland Security employee load water on to a US Navy UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during hurricane re More

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sep. 09, 2017) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Nicholas Glass, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), p More

A U-28A assigned to Hurlburt Field, Fla., taxis past C-130Js to a parking spot after landing Sept. 9, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The U-28A provides a manned fixed wing, on-call/surge capability f More

An MC-130P Combat Shadow aircrew assigned with the 130th Rescue Squadron, California Air National Guard prepare their aircraft for take-off at Hurlburt Field, Air Force Base, Florida, September 9, 2017. The Com More

The last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III takes off in preparation for evacuation due to Hurricane Irma at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 9, 2017. First responders came together nationwide to provide More

MOBILE, Ala. (Sep. 09, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Colin O'Malley, assigned to the 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, organizes medical supplies at the Alabama Army National Guard, Fort Whiting A More

Coast Guard cutters from Sector San Juan and Sector Jacksonville anchor off the coast of St. Thomas, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 as the crews prepare to bring supplies, equipment, port assessment teams and other gov More

Citizen Airmen of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, fly a WC-130J into Hurricane Irma, Sep. 10, 2017. The Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hur More