Images of Hurricane Katrina and Rita Humanitarian Effort

1 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A 4th Infantry Division UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts off into the morning sky as another helicopter rolls into take-off position for the deployment to assist ongoing federal humanitarian operations and help victims of Hurricane Katrina in southe... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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4 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Victims of Hurricane Katrina are airlifted into New Orleans International Airport via U.S. military transport, Sept. 2. Search and rescue crews are bringing in wave after wave of evacuees. Emergency medical crews are on hand to provide care to those ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

5 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Victims of Hurricane Katrina are airlifted into New Orleans International Airport via U.S. military transport on Sept. 2. Search and rescue crews are bringing in wave after wave of evacuees. Emergency medical crews are on hand to provide care to thos... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

6 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Victims of Hurricane Katrina are airlifted into New Orleans International Airport via U.S. military transport on Sept. 2. Search and rescue crews are bringing in wave after wave of evacuees. Emergency medical crews are on hand to provide care to thos... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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8 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Members of the Louisiana National Guard and the Dallas, Texas Disaster Medical Assistance Team ferry litter-borne evacuees from a truck for transport to a triage area inside the New Orleans Airport. Thousands of rescued residents stranded by Hurrican... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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11 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Mike Willford (right) and Spc. James Blagg of the Arkansas National Guard's 875th Engineering Company unload over 50 bicycles donated by a local Walmart in Bay St. Louis, Miss., in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. The Soldiers are giving the ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

12 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Members of the U.S. Army National Guard from Mobile, Ala., and displaced citizens offload bags of ice off of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the 1/131 Aviation Regiment, Mobile, Ala., in support of disaster relief operations for Joint Task Force(JT... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

13 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency ride in a 5-ton truck performing block-to-block searches, Sept. 7, 2005. The military and federal agencies are performing house-to-house searches rescuing New Orl... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

14 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Members of Joint Task Force Katrina load precious water supplies, on a UH-1N Huey helicopter, at Gulf Port Airport, MS., to be flown to outlying areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 7, 2005. Gulf Port Airport is the central supply pick up area ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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16 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Nevada Army National Guardsmen work a security check point outside the New Orleans, La., civic center where an aid station and evacuation point has been established, Sept. 8, 2005. The military are performing various functions in New Orleans to assis... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

17 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne escort an evacuee from downtown New Orleans, La., on Sept. 8, 2005. She will be given a medical exam and eventually transported to a shelter safely away from the flooded city. The 82nd, from Ft. Bragg, N.C., ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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U.S. Army High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

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20 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Capt. Jesse Stewart, a Ranger assigned to the 3505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C., conducts a patrol of the debris ravaged Superdome in New Orleans, La., Sept. 8, 2005. The 3505 PIR is providing security to ensure nobody ente... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

21 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Chase Carman, medic, Company C, 82nd Forward Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, climbs out of the second-floor window of a flooded home during a zodiac-boat search and rescue operation, Sept. 9, 2005, in the Lake View area of Orleans Par... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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26 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers of Charlie Company of the 179th 1st battalion of the Army National Guard of Oklahoma provide extra cover to a looted comic book shop during a staggered column movement on Freret St. located in uptown New Orleans, Sept. 3, 2005. The soldiers ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

27 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Gary Hill of C Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, refuels Sgt. Terry Lee Bacon's M1083 from the 1087th Truck Company at the Louisiana Army National Guard Armory at Gonzales. Staff Sgt. Hill was evacuated from Jackson Barracks by Blackhawk ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Task Force All American Decontamination site

28 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Adolfo Cosino (left), and Pvt. Jerel Ridgley, chemical specialists, 21st Chemical Company, 82nd Airborne Division, spray down a humvee, Sept. 14, 2005, at the Task Force All American Decontamination site. The Paratroopers use hot-soapy water to ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

29 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An unidentified Army Guardsman from B Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry, Boston, Mass., processes through a mobile decontamination station near a levee in New Orleans, La., after assisting with search and rescue missions. Army and Air National G... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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31 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The 82nd Airborne Division Engineers from Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares to dump a load of fallen branches and debris into a dump truck with his front loader, Sept. 15, 2005, during Task Force Katrina. The Paratroopers are in New Orleans, La. to assist i... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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33 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers of 203rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Missouri Army National Guard, use heavy equipment to clear fallen trees and downed power lines from Gentilly Boulevard near Interstate 610 in New Orleans, La., Sept. 15, 2005. Army and Air National Guard u... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

34 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An Oregon National Guard patrol from C. Company, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry moves up Paris Avenue in north New Orleans, La., in order to verify that there are no people remaining there in need of help or evacuation and to chart the boundaries of t... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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36 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers of the North Carolina National Guards' 113th Quick Response Force stand in formation on the football field at South Eastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La., Sept. 17, 2005. The 113th QRF was deployed in support of Hurricane Katr... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

37 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army personnel from the 2nd Battalion, 227 Aviation Regiment, Ft. Hood, Texas, load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with pallets of Meals-Ready-To-Eat, for delivery to areas affected by Hurricane Rita, Sept. 25, 2005. The U.S. Army is contributing to... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

38 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S Army National Guard Sgt. Tom Rios, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, informs emergency medical personnel at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Houston, Texas, of two nursing home patients' conditions after they arrive from Corrigan, Texas, on Sept... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

39 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Civilian and law enforcement officials from Corrigan, Texas, help unload boxes of drinking water from a U.S. Army National Guard UH-60A Black Hawk at Corrigan-Camden High School, Texas, Sept. 25, 2005. Corrigan currently has no electricity as a resul... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

40 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Local civilians form a chain to expedite the unloading of 100 floor-loaded Meals, Ready-To-Eat (MREs) in addition to the six pallets of water and MREs unloaded by forklift from a U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook in Livingston, Texas, Sept. 26, 2005. The U.S.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Hurricane Rita humanitarian assistance operations

41 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters return to Ellington Field, Texas, after delivering six pallets of relief supplies to Deweyville, Texas, Sept. 26, 2005. The U.S. Army is contributing to the Hurricane Rita humanitarian assistance operations bei... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

42 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Coast Guard crewmen, Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network members and a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard all carry a 7-foot, 400-pound dolphin into the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 28, 2005. Igor, the dolphin, was rescued from a ditch near S... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

43 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – New Mexico and Arkansas National Guard members maneuver a 3,000-pound sandbag, suspended from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, onto a levee breach in Belle Chasse, La., Sept. 29, 2005. The U.S. Army is contributing to the Hurricane Rita humanitarian as... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

44 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, embarks USS Bataan (LHD 5), Aug. 31, to get a first-hand look at the ship's disaster relief operations capabilities. Bataan's involvement in the humanitarian assistance operations is an e... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

45 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The heavily damaged riverboat casino Valance in Biloxi, Miss., tilts precariously after the area was hit by Hurricane Katrina, as seen in this aerial shot, Aug. 31, 2005. Katrina battered the Gulf Coast with wind gusts in excess of 140 miles per hour... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

46 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Hundreds of homes in Biloxi, Miss., were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, as seen in this aerial shot, Aug. 31, 2005. Katrina battered the Gulf Coast with wind gusts in excess of 140 miles per hour, flattened buildings, and flooded areas from Florida ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

47 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Rising floodwaters swallow parked cars on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 29, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina hits the region. The base and the 6,000 sheltered military students, permanent party, civilians and their families survived the Category 4 hu... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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49 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – National Guard multi-purpose utility truck brings supplies to the Super Dome in downtown New Orleans, La., Aug 31, 2005. Tens of thousands of displaced citizens sought shelter at the dome, before, during and after Hurricane Katrina, but have been for... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

50 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Air Force members down load a generator from a C-17 "Globemaster III" aircraft to be used in the hurricane relief effort to Keesler, AFB, Miss., Sept. 1, 2005. Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast with wind gusts in excess of 140 miles per ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

51 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Burl Gulledge and Sgt First Class James F. Mclerd from the 900th Maintenance Company, Brundidge, Ala., grab bags of ice that will be given to locals while at Dauphin Island, Ala during humanitarian relief efforts in supp... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

52 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew and paramedics from the Mobile area assist a woman onto a gurney at the Coast Guard base here today. Critically ill patients from a Biloxi National Guard field hospital were transported to the Coast Guard base and... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

53 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army National Guardsman Sgt. Orbic Davis tosses a bag of ice to Sgt. Larry Cables in Pascagoula, Miss., Sept. 3, 2005, during humanitarian relief efforts in support of Joint Task Force Katrina. The two are assigned to 1st Battalion, 204th Air De... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

54 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The crew of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter uses a water basket to drop water on two house fires in downtown New Orleans, La., on Sept. 6, 2005. The Chinook was part of a joint military and civilian effort to assist firefighters on the ground fighting the... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Cargo hooks supporting large bags of sand

55 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army National Guardsmen Spc. Clint Aucoia from Morgon City, La., and Pfc. Christopher Tiffit from Spokane, Wash., attach cargo hooks supporting large bags of sand to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 7, 2005. The bags are being... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

56 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army National Guard Warrant Officers Charles Woodward and Lance Brennan, pilots of a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 131st Aviation Regiment of the Georgia National Guard, fly over areas, on Sept. 7, 2005, that were flooded when Hurricane Katrina ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

57 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The U.S. National Guard watches the streets of New Orleans, La., in a truck during the city's evacuation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 8, 2005. The Navy's involvement in the humanitarian assistance operation is being lead by the Federal Eme... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

58 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An HS 60 helicopter from the Army National Guard searches above a local New Orleans neighborhood for stranded people after Hurricane Katrina ravished the city, Sept. 4, 2005. The Army National Guard have been mobilized to take part in Joint Task Forc... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Mississippi Army National Guard helicopters

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60 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The 148th Medical Company, Georgia Army National Guard, deliver an elderly man waiting on Air National Guard medical personnel at the New Orleans International Airport, La., after being rescued from a school near downtown New Orleans, Sept. 4, 2005. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

61 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard's 1st of the 148th Infantry Regiment knocked down doors, cut holes in ceilings and broke through windows in an effort to rescue trapped survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Here Spc. Frank Ranalli climbs down into ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

62 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard's 1st of the 148th Infantry Regiment knocked down doors, cut holes in ceilings and broke through windows in an effort to rescue trapped suriviors of Hurricane Katrina. Here Spc. Frank Ranalli climbs down into ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief missions

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64 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. Erika Smith of the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, talks to a patient that is being transported from the airport in New Orleans. These patients were taken to awaiting medical personnel in Texas on a C-130H from the 13... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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68 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Timothy A. Doherty, from the 148th Medical Company, Georgia Army National Guard, helps an elderly man up from an opening on the roof of a school building near downtown New Orleans, La., Sept. 4, 2005, after being stranded by the flood waters tha... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

69 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – In an outlying area of New Orleans, Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas, traverse trees downed by Hurricane Katrina. The soldiers were approaching all homes in their sector of ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

70 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Aviation Ordinance men from the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) work along side National Guardsmen from the Biloxi, MS area at the Gulf Port International Airport, now one of the main staging areas for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in M... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

71 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flight engineer unloads food and water at the Louisiana Super Dome in New Orleans, Sept. 3, 2005. The Super Dome is being used as a central staging and relocation center for thousands of displaced New Orleans r... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

72 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army medic unloads food and water at the Super Dome in New Orleans, La., Sept. 3, 2005. The dome is being used as a central staging and relocation center for thousands of displaced New Orleans residents affected by the devastation of Hurricane... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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74 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, maneuvers for a rescue in downtown New Orleans, La., Sept. 4, 2005. More than 300 Department of Defense helicopters are being used for humanitarian and search and recover... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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77 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army National Guardsman Spc. James Meidl operates a D-7 Bulldozer to help clear the roads in Pass Christian, Miss., Sept. 5, 2005, during humanitarian relief efforts in support of Joint Task Force Katrina. Meidl is a heavy equipment operator ass... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

78 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army National Guard personnel unload meals ready to eat from a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter in Deweyville, Texas, Sept. 26, 2005. Three Black Hawks delivered six pallets of relief aid on this particular mission. The U.S. Army is contributing to ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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81 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army National Guardsmen Spcs. Trauth and Hanks escort hurricane victims to a Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans, La., Sept. 3, 2005.The humanitarian assistance operations is a joint effort led by the ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

82 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Timothy A. Doherty of the 148th Medical Co., Georgia Army National Guard, searches the streets by foot for stranded New Orleans citizens, Sept. 4, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina ravished the city. The Army National Guard have been mobilized to ta... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

83 / 83 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Members of the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air National Guard provide crowd control and assist in distribution of meals, ready to eat (MREs) and water to residents of New Orleans, La., Sept. 5, 2005. The military is providing a humanitarian rol... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Images of Hurricane Katrina and Rita Humanitarian Effort

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