Tech. Sgt. Krystal Marks, 43rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., and Senior Airman Payden Forkum, 43rd Medical Operations Squadron at Pope AFB, provide care to an elderly woman Aug. 31 at the Lakefront Airport in New Orleans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mindy Bloem)

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Members of the 6th Medical Group Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility team from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., plan for operations in route to Beaumont, Texas. The team deployed to assist in evacuations before Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph Swaff)

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Arkel Greyhouse and other evacuees arrive at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans Aug. 30 to board flights out of the city before Hurricane Gustav hits the Gulf Coast. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Defense chartered aircraft to transport evacuees to destinations safely outside the path of the hurricane. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

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Members of a MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. ground crew secure Humvees on a C-17 Globemaster III. The vehicles and medical supplies were sent to Beaumont, Texas, in support of evacuations prior to Hurricane Gustav's arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph Swaff)

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Airmen from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 43rd Medical Group at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., build litters Aug. 30 in preparation for patient arrival at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mindy Bloem)

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Ambulance crews standby Aug. 30 in a large hangar at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in anticipation of patients being temporarily relocated to the area by servicemembers assigned to the Texas Air National Guard's 136th Airlift Wing, and the Delaware Air National Guard's 142nd Aeromedical Squadron. Officials with the Department of Defense are assisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives in evacuating citizens due to Hurricane Gustav. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Michael Lachman)

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Hurricane Gustav -- Airmen ready and helping

Published Sept. 1, 2008

SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- During the Labor Day weekend, Americans have been keeping their eyes on Hurricane Gustav. Active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen have been doing their part supporting hurricane evacuation and relief missions along with their civilian and federal agency counterparts.

On this third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Airmen are in key locations throughout the Gulf Coast region to assist officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Defense where needed.

The pictures shown here capture just a few activities that Airmen are involved with to support the operation.

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