Emergency Response Operations

Images capturing military personnel coordinating during Hurricane Katrina, showcasing leadership, teamwork, and preparedness in a crisis situation.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-185. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - Supplies - 26-HK-84-19. CG Personnel With Supplies -- CG NSF member strapping supplies to flatbed trailer, 050901. Hurricane Katrina

Leadership representatives from the Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast unified command met with executives from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to discuss the Operation Vigilant Sentry posture on irregular migration, humane care for migrants and other maritime security initiatives at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, Jan. 8, 2024. Adm. Rachel Levine, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, Rear Adm. Denise Hinton, Deputy Surgeon General and Dr. Herbert Wolfe, Deputy Director of the Office of Health Security and Acting Chief Medical Officer toured Coast Guard Base Miami Beach and Sector Miami units to discuss operations with Coast Guard crews and medical personnel. HSTF-SE was established in 2003 and frequently coordinates efforts across multiple federal, state, and local agencies to maximize readiness under the 2004 OVS plan to respond to maritime migration events throughout the Caribbean Sea.

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Team Returns - 26-HK-125-12. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-98. Hurricane Katrina

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Principal Federal Official - 26-HK-370-5. File Unit includes photographs of Admrial Allen on CNN and Visits by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton among others. Hurricane Katrina

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, seated in helicopter with Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel during visit to central Colorado for assessment, with federal, state, and local officials, of the Hayman forest fire emergency. Fire, started southwest of Denver, is the largest in Colorado's recorded history, affecting 90,000 acres, including portions of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-21. Hurricane Katrina

Capt. Paul Lanzilotta, USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) commanding officer, addresses the crew during an all-hands call on Fords flight deck, April 2, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualification as part of the ships tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-15. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-203. CGC Dauntless-- Coast Guardsmen at table on commercial vessel-- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-172. Vice President Dick Cheney. Hurricane Katrina

Vice Admiral Thad Allen Visits Hancock County, Mississippi - 26-HK-12-19. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-210. Vice President Dick Cheney. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Coast Guard recruits begin instruction at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center as part of the Army's Echo Company at Joint Base San Antonio on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 1, 2022.The Coast Guard started the new program, established by a memorandum of agreement between DLIELC and the Army, to assist recruits who could struggle in recruit training due to language barriers as well as to incorporate an Enlish Languarge Training Program as a diversity initiative.The length of the program is at minimum 10 weeks dependent on the recruits academic progress but can be up to 24 weeks. Upon completion of the DLIELC program, recruits will return to Training Center Cape May and progress through the follow-on weeks of the normal recruit training process.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Katie Shveda

060927-N-4549D-003. Base: Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-261. Coast Guardsman sitting under netting on top of building, near other destroyed buildings8. Hurricane Katrina

Vice Admiral Thad Allen and Captain Thomas Atkin Visit - 26-HK-5-5. VADM Thad Allen and CAPT Thomas Atkin--by Andrea Booher-FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman are interviewed by local media after attending a basic military training graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on June 23, 2022. The ceremony marked a milestone as the first BMT graduation to include all-Guardian flights, taught by Guardian military training instructors, using Space Force specific curriculum.

Chaplains - 26-HK-110-5. Hurricane Katrina

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-122-4. Hurricane Katrina

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Return - 26-HK-118-12. Hurricane Katrina

Incident Management Team - 26-HK-157-3. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - Supplies - 26-HK-84-159. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard personnel from the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams assist residence of Pine Island, Florida, Oct. 2, 2022. The strike forces transferred people in need to Floridas mainland to seek shelter and resources. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

060421-N-2568S-088. Base: Naval Air Station, Naples Country: Italy (ITA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-378-25. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-153. Hurricane Katrina

Oregon Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Mark Crosby, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, speaks with Sgt. Demian San Miguel, Bomb Squad Commander, City of Eugene Police, at the operations center for the 102nd Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team (CST), Oregon National Guard, located near Hayward Field, University of Oregon, in Eugene, Ore., during the World Track and Field Championships, July 15, 2022. San Miguel also serves as an officer in the State Partnership Program, Joint Force Headquarters, Oregon Army National Guard. Crosby spoke with members of the CST and observed their joint operations with local, state and federal authorities, including the police department. The teams conducted ongoing threat assessments and regular sweeps of the area to help ensure the safety of all participants and observers at the event. After the visit, Crosby and his son-in-law attended the Championships opening ceremony and watched the track and field events. The World Track and Field Champions

060413-A-5745M-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

020911-A-7315T-007. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Aftermath - Flooding - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-36-360. posed shot on flooded street of four personnel, one FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Security Photos - 26-HK-436-57. Hurricane Katrina

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Principal Federal Official - 26-HK-370-79. File Unit includes photographs of Admrial Allen on CNN and Visits by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton among others. Hurricane Katrina

Admiral Collins Visit - 26-HK-3-65. Admiral Collins talking with LCDR Scott Calhoun, Sector NOLA, in JFO-type building. Hurricane Katrina

Departing Photos - 26-HK-127-4. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Rita - 26-HK-307-24. Commandant Thomas H. Collins Visit. Hurricane Katrina

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Paraguayan General Brigadier Néstor Daniel Zalazar Echauri, Incoming Chief of Delegation of Paraguay to the Inter-American Defense Board for a campus Tour on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2022. During the visit, The General attended an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

Coast Guard Cutters - Northland (WMEC 904) - 26-HK-76-160. CGC Northland ops--Coast Guardsmen with FLEET management crewman on civilian ship--- 051710. Hurricane Katrina

MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn.- Elliott Crabtree, age 7, was chosen to be "Pilot for a Day" here. Crabtree got to tour different facilities around the base and meet Airmen from the 134th ARW. (Air National Guard photo by: Staff Sgt. Melissa Dearstone)

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-412-26. Hurricane Katrina

020503-F-0675P-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN)

Katrina - General - 26-HK-408-78. Hurricane Katrina

060322-N-4649C-023. Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-380-35. Hurricane Katrina

DR-1607 Hurricane Rita.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

111022-N-BT887-236ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 22, 2011) Sailors participate in a pie-in-the-face game during a steel beach picnic aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-70. Hurricane Katrina

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-420-38. Hurricane Katrina

2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Vice President Dick Cheney and South Koreaa's Ambassador to the U.S., Lee Tae-Sik, among the dignitaries participating

NAPLES, ITALY -- U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Italian Fire Chief Nicholas Panzica, right, presents the Civilian Service Achievement medal to Italian Station Fire Chief Giovanni Rippa, left, for 37 years of faithful service at the NSA Naples Fire Station, on Sept. 30, 2022. NSA Naples is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed, when they are needed to ensure security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Owen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Gaines stand for a photo near Pine Island, Florida on Oct. 1, 2022. Owen and Gaines made up one of four National Strike Force boatcrews to deploy to Pine Island.

Rear Adm. John Menoni, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Two (ESG-2) speaks with Future Sailors prior to giving the oath of enlistment during Fleet Week New Orleans. The oath of enlistment is a military oath made by members of the U.S. Armed Forces when they initially join the U.S. military or reenlist. Fleet Week provides the people and media of the New Orleans area an opportunity to interact with Sailors and Marines, as well as see, firsthand, the latest capabilities of todays maritime services.

A student from Silver Bluff High Schools Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps uses a fire hose during a tour at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 27, 2024. Students visited ARFF, military working dogs and Air Traffic Control to learn about the air stations daily operations. Marine Corps

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Return - 26-HK-118-56. Hurricane Katrina

040401-F-6244S-001. Base: Camp Freedom Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-21. camera crew interviewing Coast Guardsman and civilian female near RVs2. Hurricane Katrina

Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation got underway on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pendant (WYTL-65608) in Boston, Massachusetts on Sep. 8, 2022. After attending and participating in a leadership panel on base, Trottenberg got underway with the Pendant to discuss port infrastructure challenges, potential improvement initiatives, and Boston's maritime transportation system.

Incident Command Post - 26-HK-406-14. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, Jackson, Miss., October 12, 2005 -- Rear Admiral John Acton, USCG visits with Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer Bill Carwile at the Joint Field Office in Jackson, Miss. FEMA and the Coast Guard are working together on the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.

060331-N-8090G-016. Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-183. Vice President Dick Cheney. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue members go back to base of operations via a chinook helicopter after a day searching in areas impacted by Hurricane Katriana. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-93. Hurricane Katrina

Airstation New Orleans - 26-HK-338-18. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-141. Hurricane Katrina

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