Members from the rock band Smash Mouth tour the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and pose for a photo in the forecastle with Seaman Andrew Lovick. Blue Ridge is the flagship for Commander, U. More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Luke Michael Voudouris, son of Army Capt. Michael Voudourus, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion chaplain, scrambles to pick up one egg while eyeing another on Presidio's Soldi More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Under a thick haze of smoke, Presidio of Monterey Fire Department Strike Team spends some time at the Soberanes Fire response staging area in Toro Park, Monterey County after com More
FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Michael Byrne greets Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary Claire Grady at Muñiz Air National Guard Base near San Juan, Puerto Rico upon the arrival of a cong More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Mold damage from heat and humidity can clearly be seen on this tome located in the main library of the General Archives of Puerto Rico where historical documents dating back to the eight More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – Jennifer Groman (second from right), FEMA Heritage Emergency National Task Force, meets with representatives of the Ponce Museum of Art in an exhibit displaying traditional masks of Puerto More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A press conference was held at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Oct. 27, after a congressional delegation toured the city of Utuado and its surrounding areas that suffered severe damaged d More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Blue Roofs installed by FEMA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen on multiple houses in a coastal neighborhood near Puerto Rico's capital.
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – Hospital Administrator Dora Berenguer, Centro de Salud Familiar Susana Centeno, puts her arm around U.S. Health and Human Services Deputy Operations Section Chief Cmdr. Tara Gooenbizjak i More
CAYEY, Puerto Rico – Individual Assistance specialists provide information and aid to local residents applying for FEMA assistance at the newly opened Disaster Recovery Center at Pedro Montañez Municipal Baseba More
AGUADA, Puerto Rico – Local health clinic Costa Salud teamed up with medical personnel from non-government aid organizations (NGOs) MediSys and Americares to address unmet medical needs in the aftermath of Hurr More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – A commercial sized mobile power generator offloads from the stern of the USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305), which arrived at the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas on Nov. 3 carrying a FEM More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) addresses reporters, Nov. 6, during a press conference held at the Muñiz Air National Guard Base, after a two-day congressional delegation tour of the U.S. Virgin More
SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico – Tech Sgt. Ben Green, U.S. Air Force 85th Engineering Installation Sqaudron, descends a 200-ft communications tower on Montaña Santa in the Bosque Estatal de Carite. The 85th EIS were More
CAYEY, Puerto Rico – An archway of bamboo uprooted by Hurricane Maria looms over PR184 in the Bosque Estatal de Carite (Carite State Forest) near Montaña Santa, Nov. 11.
GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – Transported from six U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris removal sites, roughly two hundred truckloads of vegetative debris from Hurricane Maria arrived Nov. 13 to the Los Alamos Vegetat More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Tomasa Felisiano (center), surrounded by relatives, gives thanks to electrical repair crewmen outside the home of her daughter, Nioso Soto (far right), moments after power was restored More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – The Puerto Rican flag is painted next to the words "se levantará" (a variation of a post-Hurricane Maria slogan that means "it will rise" in English) on concrete docks at Crash Boat Bea More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Cody Hendrix, journeyman lineman with subcontractor Foreman Electric Service Co., repairs distribution lines that will reconnect electrical power to residents in the Atalaya neighborhoo More
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico – Carlos Marquez (right) describes to FEMA Inspector German "Barry" Barreto where creek floodwaters caused by Hurricane Maria covered his property during a FEMA home inspection in the San More
LOIZA, Puerto Rico – Lisbeth Perez Fuentes stands in front of the remains of her home in the Vistas del Oceano neighborhood on Nov. 20, exactly two months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. The Category More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Volunteers at the Centro de Bendicion hand out free clothing for those in need after serving a free Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 22.
VILLALBA, Puerto Rico – FEMA Surge Capacity Force member Edys Batista and a FEMA Corps worker carry cases of water to homes in a small Puerto Rican mountain community. Working in coordination with local governm More
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) (second from left) speaks with Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary, Claire Grady (left) upon departure from Muñiz Air National Guard Bas More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Mold is clearly visible on the wooden architecture of the Main Library at the General Archives of Puerto Rico where important historical documents dating back to the eighteenth century a More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – Pablo Perez de’Ors (left), Associate Director of European Art, Ponce Museum of Art, escorts FEMA’s Jennifer Groman, Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF), and Marta Mabel Perez, ac More
UTUADO, Puerto Rico – Governor Ricardo Rossello is interviewed by a local news crew at the site of a collapsed bridge on Puerto Rico’s Vivi River near the city of Utuado, Oct. 27.
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – Joshua Gore, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services logistics, installs lighting inside a Western Shelter tent being erected outside the Puerto Rican island-municipality of Vieques’ More
GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Maria survivors wait to enter the Centro de Convenciones on opening day of the new Disaster Recovery Center in Guayama, Oct. 31.
AGUADA, Puerto Rico – A house destroyed by Hurricane Maria lies abandoned in the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Espinar. Local health clinic Costa Salud teamed up with non-government aid organizations (NGOs) Medi More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – The Military Sealift Command’s USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305) offloads after docking at the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas on Nov. 3. Carrying FEMA's largest shipment to date of rel More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) addresses reporters, Nov. 6, during a press conference held at the Muñiz Air National Guard Base, after leading a two-day congressional delegation tour of the More
SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico – Members of the U.S. Air Force's 85th Engineering Installation Squadron perched atop a 200-ft communication tower are barely visible through dense fog at Montaña Santa in the Bosque Es More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Nioso Soto (far right) reacts along with family members the moments lights come on inside her home in Atalaya on Nov. 14. Soto has relied on limited power provided by a generator she sh More
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico – Carlos Marquez pauses to reflect among the damage to his home caused by Hurricane Maria during a FEMA Home Inspection in the San Isidro neighborhood, Nov. 16. Home inspections are condu More
LOIZA, Puerto Rico – An unidentified resident of the Vistas del Oceano neighborhood stands outside his home that has received a temporary FEMA "Blue Roof," as seen on Nov. 20, exactly two months after Hurricane More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Volunteer Jonathan Rivera hands out plates filled with traditional Puerto Rican Thanksgiving dishes at the Centro de Bendicion, Nov. 22. Serving those in need in the surrounding communit More
VILLALBA, Puerto Rico – FEMA Corps member Brianna Poulin, from Colchester, CT, delivers a box of food to mountain residents in the Villalba municipality. Working in coordination with local government officials, More
Federal Coordinating Officer Michael Byrne, FEMA, disembarks from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter at Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico, after touring storm damaged areas and response op More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A worker inside the General Archives of Puerto Rico organizes documents on Oct. 23 in a makeshift workspace near windows to provide light as the building has been without power since Hur More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – Milagros Castro Santa (center), Director of Museums & Parks, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, points out features of the oldest Antillean Indian ceremonial and sports complex uncovered in More
UTUADO, Puerto Rico – Local residents gathered at the edge of a collapsed bridge on Puerto Rico’s Vivi River to speak with Governor Ricardo Rossello and members of a congressional delegation while touring areas More
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – Members of a logistics team from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, aided by a staff member from the Centro de Salud Familiar Susana Centeno, erect a 19’x35’ Western Shelte More
GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico – Local residents meet with FEMA Individual Assistance specialists on Oct. 31, opening day for the new Disaster Recovery Center at the city’s Centro de Convenciones.
AGUADA, Puerto Rico – Local health clinic Costa Salud teamed up with non-government aid organizations (NGOs) MediSys and Americares to address unmet medical needs in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria by going do More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – A bucket truck drives out the loading deck of USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305), which arrived at the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas on Nov. 3 carrying FEMA's largest shipment to date More
SALINAS, Puerto Rico – The Aguirre Power Complex as seen by helicopter, Nov. 6, during a congressional delegation aerial tour of power plants, solar and wind farms in the southern part of Puerto Rico, Nov. 6. L More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Members of FEMA's Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) and U.S. Air Force's 85th Engineering Installation Squadron traveled to the top of Montaña Santa in the Bosque Estatal de Carit More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Residents in the mountain community of Atalaya, near the border of the Rincon and Aguada municpalities, indicate to electrical repair workers on the street that electricity to their hom More
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico – FEMA Inspector German "Barry" Barreto (left) takes notes while inspecting the home of Carlos Marquez (right) in the San Isidro neighborhood, Nov. 16. Home inspections are conducted by F More
LOIZA, Puerto Rico – A large tree remains untouched from where it fell, damaging a home in the Vistas del Oceano neighborhood, as seen on Nov. 20, exactly two months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. Th More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Aileen Lopez hands out plates filled with traditional Puerto Rican Thanksgiving food inside the Centro de Bendicion on Nov. 22. Serving those in need within a San Juan neighborhood hard More
Federal Coordinating Officer Michael Byrne, FEMA, (left) confers with Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello prior to meeting with visiting members of a congressional delegation at the Joint Field Office (JFO), More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – (left to right) Dr. Samuel Quiñones Garcia, Director of Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (Puerto Rican Institute of Culture), Carlos Roman, General Archives of Puerto Rico Reference A More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – Jennifer Groman, FEMA Heritage Emergency National Task Force, documents damage to a multi-purpose room at Ponce’s Museum of Sports and Sports Hall of Fame during an Oct. 24 visit to the are More
UTUADO, Puerto Rico – Residents living near a collapsed bridge on Puerto Rico’s Vivi River pose for a group photo with members of a congressional delegation who toured the storm-damaged areas surrounding the ci More
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – Dr. Betzaida MacKenzíe, Medical Director for Centro de Salud Familiar Susana Centeno, carries a box containing insulin indoors to be placed in the hospital’s refrigeration unit. A logisti More
GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico – In the early afternoon of its first day of operation, the newly opened Disaster Recovery Center at the city’s Centro de Convenciones is filled with Hurricane Maria survivors receiving ass More
AGUADA, Puerto Rico – Dr. Celine Thum, MD, from Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY, checks the heart rate of a resident in the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Espinar on Nov. 2. Local health clinic Costa Salud teamed More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – A commercial sized mobile power generator is driven out the loading deck of Military Sealift Command’s USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305), which arrived at the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Ame More
PUERTO RICO – Members of a congressional delegation, led by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chairman of the Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources, take an aerial tour aboard UH-60 helicopters, Nov. 6, of More
SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico – Staff Sgt. Drake Griffin, U.S. Air Force's 85th Engineering Installation Squadron, secures his climbing harness before ascending 200-ft up a communication tower located atop Montaña S More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Mayor Manuel “Gabina” Santiago (center) celebrates with residents of the Atalaya neighborhood, in the municipality of Augada, moments after electrical power was restored on Nov. 14 to t More
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico – Anna E. Carrasquillo (left) points out damage to her home caused by Hurricane Maria to FEMA Inspector German "Barry" Barreto during a home inspection in the Villas de Loiza neighborhood More
LOIZA, Puerto Rico – A house in the Loiza Aldea neighborhood is draped with a temporary FEMA "blue roof" as seen on Nov. 20, exactly two months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. The Category 5 hurricane More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Centro de Bendicion, Inc. director Dr. Diego Willmore, prepares a plate of traditional Puerto Rican Thanksgiving food for the needy in a San Juan neighborhood hard hit by Hurricane Maria More
VILLALBA, Puerto Rico – FEMA Surge Capacity Force member Dax Craig (center) hands water to a resident of the mountains above Villalba. Working in close coordination with local government officials, FEMA workers More
Seaman David Bunton talks on a sound-powered phone while manning the helm aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship departs Hong Kong after a routine port visit. Blue Ridge is t More
A congressional delegation meets with the Unified Command Group at the Joint Field Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 21, after touring areas affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Property and tax records dating back to the early nineteenth century are shown from the General Archives of Puerto Rico. FEMA sent a team on a fact-finding mission to the archives Oct. 2 More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – Jennifer Groman, FEMA Heritage Emergency National Task Force, documents damage to the Perla Theater, in Ponce’s cultural district, during an Oct. 24 visit to the area to observe the conditi More
UTUADO, Puerto Rico – House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) loads packages of food into a makeshift zip line pulley erected by residents living near a washed out bridge on Puerto Rico’s Vivi River, near the ci More
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Logistics Chief Terry Tackett (second from left) wheels a pelican case filled with needed medical supplies away from the helipad at the island More
GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico – Signage identifies the new Disaster Recovery Center at Guayama’s Centro de Convenciones which opened its door on Oct. 31.
AGUADA, Puerto Rico – Household debris leftover from Hurricane Maria lies forgotten in the streets of the Espinar neighborhood where medical teams went door to door to address residents unmet medical needs. Loc More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – A digger derrick drives off the USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305) after its arrival at the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas on Nov. 3 carrying the largest to date FEMA-funded shipment of More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – The Military Sealift Command’s USNS Brittin docked at Rafael Cordero Santiago Port as viewed by helicopter during a congressional delegation aerial tour Nov. 6 of Hurricane Maria affected a More
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Neighbors celebrate outside the home of Mara Aleres Gomez in the Maleza Baja neighborhood, Aguadilla, as a porch light comes on indicating power is restored to the residence, Nov. 14. G More
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico – With power still out, FEMA Inspector German "Barry" Barreto (left) uses a flashlight to inspect water damage caused by Hurricane Maria to the home of Ana Carrasquillo and Gamalier Lopez More
LOIZA, Puerto Rico – A group of women wait to purchase ice from a machine placed along PR187, near Playa Aviones, on Nov. 20, exactly two months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. The Category 5 hurrican More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Centro de Bendicion, Inc. director Dr. Diego Willmore and his assistant Yanira Lopez hand out care packages with toiletries prior to serving a free Thanksgiving meal for their community More
VILLALBA, Puerto Rico – FEMA Corps members bring food and water to the doorstep of a home along the shores of Lago Tao Vaca. Working in coordination with local government officials, FEMA workers delivered more More
VILLALBA, Puerto Rico – FEMA Mass Care Emergency Management Specialist Jessica Bettinger greets 102-year-old Maria Rodriguez while delivering food and water to homes in the mountains above Villalba. Rodriguez w More
Governor Ricardo Rossello greets workers inside the Joint Field Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 21.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Juan Carlos Roman, General Archives of Puerto Rico Reference Archivist in Charge of Acquisitions, looks over property and tax records dating back to the early nineteenth century while es More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – Jennifer Groman (third from right), FEMA Heritage Emergency National Task Force, takes a photo of the interior of the Perla Theater, located in the heart of Ponce’s cultural district, durin More
UTUADO, Puerto Rico – Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) greets residents living along Puerto Rico’s Vivi River, near the city of Utuado, during a congressional delegation visit to the area on Oct. 27. The area suffered s More
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – The Centro de Salud Familiar Susana Centeno on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as seen from helicopter with its newly installed 19’x35’ Western Shelter tent provided by the U.S. Depart More
CAYEY, Puerto Rico – Local residents affected by Hurricane Maria meet with specialists from FEMA and U.S. Small Business Administration inside the new Disaster Recovery Center at Pedro Montañez Municipal Baseba More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – A safety briefing is held on the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas loading dock before offloading cargo from the USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305), which arrived Nov. 3 with the largest F More
BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico – Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chairman of the Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources, and others from a congressional delegation of both House and Senate members, receive inf More
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico – FEMA Inspector German "Barry" Barreto (right) explains the inspection process to Liza Lopez Carrasquillo (left) and Ana E. Carrasquillo (center) prior to conducting a home inspection in More
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – Manuel Dia repairs the roof of a restaurant in the La Torres neighborhood on Nov. 20, exactly two months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. The Category 5 hurricane made landfall More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Volunteers prepare for a Thanksgiving meal at the Centro de Bendicion on Nov. 22. Serving those in need in a San Juan neighborhood hard hit by Hurricane Maria, approximately 30 volunteer More
Governor Ricard Rossello accompanied by Claire Grady, Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary, Michael Byrne, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer, and members of a visiting congressional delegatio More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jennifer Groman (left), Heritage Emergency National Task Force, and Juan Carlos Roman, General Archives of Puerto Rico Reference Archivist in Charge of Acquisitions, inspect property and More
PONCE, Puerto Rico – (from left to right) Jennifer Groman, FEMA Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF), Milagros Castro Santa, Director of Museums & Parks, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and Marta M More
UTUADO, Puerto Rico – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) greet residents of a neighborhood bordering Puerto Rico’s Vivi River, near the city of More