AAFES supports troops bringing relief to Ike victims

Shoppers wait to check out at the register in the Army & Air Force Exchange Service Mobile Field Exchange at Ellington Field, Texas, Sept. 15. AAFES is providing support to the Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Coast Guard and the Texas State Guard while they help the citizens within the Houston area after the wake of Hurricane Ike. The MFE provides snacks, drinks, toiletries and ice to authorized customers and will stay at Ellington Field until the installation?s power comes back online. (Courtesy photo)

AAFES supports troops bringing relief to Ike victims

An Airman exits after shopping at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service Mobile Field Exchange at Ellington Field, Texas, Sept. 15. AAFES is providing support to service members who are providing assistance to the Houston area in the wake of Hurricane Ike. The MFE provides snacks, drinks, toiletries and ice to authorized customers and will stay at Ellington Field until the installation?s power comes back online. (Courtesy photo)

Louisiana Guard clears devastation from Cameron Parish

Engineers from the Louisiana Army National Guard's 528th Engineer Battalion pull up to the court house of Cameron, La., where they removed 14 feet of water from the building's basement that was caused by Hurricane Ike. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Airmen to the rescue

Master Sgt. Doug Kestranek, assigned to a 331st Air Expeditionary Group team who rescued people and pets from the flood waters of Hurricane Ike, brings a dog to safety Sept. 13 in Nederland, Texas. Sergeant Kestranek is an Air Force Reserve pararescueman assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Flipse)

Rescue team pulls seventeen from floodwaters

An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group passes over three massive hydraulic excavators sitting in flood waters from Hurricane Ike. Deployed from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., the pararescuemen, along with aircrews, two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, rescued 17 people from the small Texas town of Nederland Sept. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Flipse)

Airmen, soldiers aid people affected by Hurricane Ike

Army Spc. Jacob Mireles asks an evacuee for identification information before she boarded a bus to San Antonio Sept. 14. Approximately 1,000 people boarded buses after Galveston, Texas, received heavy flooding, power and water outage due to Hurricane Ike. Specialist Mireles is from the 162th Area Support Medical Company, Texas Army National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)