Reserve Emergency Prep liaisons assist with Sandy relief

Col. Glenn Young, Air Forces Northern Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, explains in a television news interview Nov. 4, 2012, how Pacific Gas & Electric power-line repair trucks and U.S. Coast Guard water pumps will be airlifted from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to aid in the Hurricane Sandy recovery. The equipment was flown to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on board Air Mobility Command C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III transports. The effort is part of the U.S. Northern Command-led endeavor to support Federal Emergency Management Agency's storm response work. Air Force EPLOs, such as Colonel Young, are senior Air Force Reserve officers who are subject matter experts in state and regional disaster response plans, advising civil authorities how Air Force capabilities can support disaster response. (U.S. Air Force photo / Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker)

Searching for survivors

From an HH-60 helicopter, Tech. Sgt. Keith Berry scans the flooded streets of New Orleans searching for survivors on Sept. 4, 2005. A provision of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act permits the secretary of defense to mobilize Air Force reservists like Berry if they are needed to respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

Westover responds to tornadoes

A home and belongings in Monson, Mass., show the aftermath of a tornado that ripped through the area June 1, 2011. Firefighters from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., performed search and rescue the next day in Monson after two tornadoes left widespread damage in 19 communities across the area. (Courtesy photo/Capt. Robert Mancini)

Westover responds to tornadoes

Residents of Monson, Mass., walk through their neighborhood after a tornado that ripped through the area June 1, 2011. Firefighters from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., performed search and rescue the next day in Monson after two tornadoes left widespread damage in 19 communities across the area. (Courtesy photo/Capt. Robert Mancini)

Westover responds to tornadoes

Buildings in Monson, Mass., show the aftermath of a tornado that ripped through the area June 1, 2011. Firefighters from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., performed search and rescue the next day in Monson after two tornadoes left widespread damage in 19 communities across the area. (Courtesy photo/Capt. Robert Mancini)

Westover responds to tornadoes

A home in Monson, Mass., shows the aftermath of a tornado that ripped through the area June 1, 2011. Firefighters from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., performed search and rescue the next day in Monson after two tornadoes left widespread damage in 19 communities across the area. (Courtesy photo/Capt. Robert Mancini)

Japan Earthquake March 2011

U.S. Air Force Airmen help members of LA-TF2 move a case while loading their pallet at Misowa Air Base, Japan, March 14, 2011. Members of the Los Angeles, Calif. and Fairfax, Va., Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2 and 1, respectively are responding to the recent national emergency in Japan due to the earthquake while providing needed care, rescue techniques and tools.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)

March Air Reserve Base Airmen prepare supplies for Japan tsunami relief

Tech. Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., awaits transportation in a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globe Master III, March 12, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Smith)

March Air Reserve Base Airmen prepare supplies for Japan tsunami relief

Staff Sgt. Shawn Terrault, 452nd Aerial Port Support Flight, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., unloads a pallet using a 10K Adverse Terrain forklift, March 12, 2011. The supplies are en route to Japan for earthquake relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)

March Air Reserve Base Airmen prepare supplies for Japan tsunami relief

Tech. Sgt. Chris Schuldes, 452nd Tanker Airlift Control, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., configures the cargo compartment of a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globe Master III in preparation for pallets, March 12, 2011. This is done so they can load supplies to go Japan for earthquake relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)

March Air Reserve Base Airmen prepare supplies for Japan tsunami relief

U.S. Air Force members unload a pallet from a Tunner 60K loader onto a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globe Master III, March 12, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. The supplies are in route to Japan for earthquake relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith/Released)

March Air Reserve Base Airmen prepare supplies for Japan tsunami relief

U.S. Air Force Maj. Todd Risk, 4th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., inputs his flight plan into a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globe Master III, March 12, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., in preparation for a flight to Japan to help with earthquake relief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith/Released)

Homestead Air Force Base offers respite for Haiti earthquake victims

Maj. Sir Rodney, 482nd Medical Squadron nurse, shapes a splint for an evacuee from Haiti Jan. 20 at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The Air Force is using C-130 Hercules aircraft to evacuate people from Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brian Behart)

A helping hand

An Air Force Reservist from the 482nd Fighter Wing, gives a drink to a young girl recently transported from Haiti. The girl and her family are being in-processed on base. Hundreds of evacuees have been in-processed so far and thousands more are expected. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

The young and the old

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents help and elderly Haitian lady and a baby from a C-130 aircraft assigned to the Minnesota Air National Guard. All personnel brought to Homestead ARB from Haiti must go through a Customs and Border Protection enforcement examimantion. (Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

Reservist's load supplies for Haiti relief

Tech. Sgt. Valerie McFadden, a reserve Aerial Port Specialist from the 46th Aerial Port Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, DE., is here at Homestead Air Reserve Base to provide essential support to the 70th Aerial Port Squadron for Haiti Relief. Seargent McFadden is building Pallets of water that will be loaded on to aircraft and sent to Haiti. (Air Force Photo/ Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

Team Charleston provides Haitian Relief

Tech. Sgt. Jeff Kelly, 315th AW Public Affairs discusses the mission with Air Force medical personnel on the ground in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Air Force medical personnel are working around the clock to help injured survivors of the earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Major Bill Walsh)

Team Charleston provides Haitian Relief

A reporter from WIS News 10, Columbia, S.C. observes the offload of humanitarian relief supplies from a C-17 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Supplies are being flown into the earthquake ravaged country around the clock by members of Team Charleston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Kelly)

Team Charleston provides Haitian Relief

Humanitarian aid supplies are loaded onto a Charleston based C-17 by members of Team Charleston at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Water, food and other comfort items are being delivered to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince daily. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Kelly)

Homestead Air Reserve Base becomes hub for Haitian quake relief efforts

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano greets Homestead Air Reserve Base Fire and Rescue crew during the Vice-Presidential visit January 16, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ian Carrier)

Homestead Air Reserve Base becomes hub for Haitian quake relief efforts

People of all ages have been affected by the devastation accompanied by the Earthquake in Haiti. Men, women, and children have been evacuated to the Homestead Air Reserve Base in order to process through customs, after providing proper citizenship documentation they are escorted home. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Robert D. Gibson)

Homestead Air Reserve Base becomes hub for Haitian quake relief efforts

A firestorm of media descended upon Homestead Air Reserve Base after American citizens returned from Haiti aboard a C-130 Jan. 15, 2010. During a Customs and Border check, media documented the varied stories of survival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert D. Gibson)

Reservists respond to Haitian earthquake relief effort

Staff Sgt Johann Gomez of the 48nd Fighter Wing Civil Engineering Squadron helps assist American survivors of the Haiti earthquake into the Homestead Air Reserve Base gymnasium Fri. Jan. 15, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Lou Burton)

Team Charleston lends a helping hand

Pallets full of water, food and other humanitarian relief supplies are offloaded from a C-17 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Supplies are being flown into the earthquake ravaged country around the clock by members of Team Charleston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Jeff Kelly)