Airmen conduct search, rescue
Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts (left) and Senior Airman Brandon Smith,cross-load an injured Galveston, Texas, resident from an ambulance for air evacuation during search and rescue operations after Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13. Sergeant Mounts and Airman Smith are both pararescueman assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)