A U.S. Navy air crewman assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) helps a mother and her baby board an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter on Sept. 2, 2005. HM-15 is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), which is participating in humanitarian assistance operations led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with the Department of Defense.

DoD photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Pedro A. Rodriguez U.S. Navy.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.Corella looks for stranded New Orleans, La., residents during a search and rescue mission on Sept. 4, 2005. Corella is an HH-60 Gunner with the 55th Rescue Squadron from Nellis AFB, Nevada. Numerous Air Force search and rescue crews are flying twenty-four hour operations rescuing residents of New Orleans that have been stranded in their homes due to flooding following Hurricane Katrina.

DoD photo by Master Sgt. Scott Reed, U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Army Reserve military police officers discuss options for clearing the roadways in front of the Super Dome in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 2, 2005. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with both military and government during humanitarian relief efforts in support of Joint Task Force Katrina.

DoD photo by
Photographer's Mate Airman Jeremy L. Grisham, U.S. Navy.

U.S. military aircrew members from U.S. Coast Guard Station, Sacramento, Calif., load an HC-130P/N aircraft with water and food at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, to be delivered to military personnel working in support of Hurricane Katrina relief operations on Sept. 3, 2005.

DoD photo by
Patrick Nugent, U.S. Air Force.