Canadian forces assist in hurricane evacuation

Emergency vehicles carrying evacuees of Hurricane Gustav stage near a Canadian air force CC-177 Aug. 31 at Lake Front Airport in New Orleans. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Defense provided flights to transport citizens to destinations safely outside the hurricane's path. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Canadian forces assist in hurricane evacuation

Emergency vehicles carrying evacuees of Hurricane Gustav stage near a Canadian air force CC-177 Aug. 31 at Lake Front Airport in New Orleans. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Defense provided flights to transport citizens to destinations safely outside the hurricane's path. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Hurricane Gustav evacuation

Hurricane Gustav evacuees from New Orleans step off a C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 31 after being transported out of harm's way. To date, Air Mobility Command units have transported more than 6,500 Gustav evacuees to safety. The evacuees were sent to various locations throughout the United States, where relief teams were waiting with food, water and shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jennifer Romig)

Waiting for Hurricane Gustav

Staff Sgt. Audy Cayanan from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., fills out shipping documents while flying in C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 31. Sergeant Cayanan, along with other personnel, equipment and medical supplies on the aircraft were redirected from Beaumont, Texas, to Altus AFB, Okla., to reposition assets for Hurricane Gustav's landfall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr.)

Guard vital to hurricane relief efforts

Tech. Sgt. Lee Hoover, an Air Force News Agency broadcaster, interviews Master Sgt. Glenn Coughlin Sept. 1 at the Hurricane Gustav Joint Field Office in Baton Rouge, La. Sergeant Coughlin, with the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base-New Orleans just north of New Orleans, is a logistics supply specialist assigned to assist Federal Emergency Management Agency officials during evacuation and relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Guard vital to hurricane relief efforts

Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Defense along with emergency personnel track Hurricane Gustav's path and conduct relief operations Sept. 1 from the Hurricane Gustav Joint Field Office in Baton Rouge, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)