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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts, a Pararescueman assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group, crossloads a patient to a litter during search and rescue operations in Galveston Texas after Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2008.

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A U.S. Air Force Search and rescue UH-60 assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group sits in the street during search and rescue operations in Glaveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2008.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Smith (left)and Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts, both Pararescueman assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group conduct search and rescue operations in Galveston Texas after Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2008.

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U.S. Air Force Airmen made up of active duty, Guard, and Reserve from multiple Air Force bases load hospital patients onto an awaiting C-130 aircraft at the Beaumont Airport in Texas Sept. 12, 2008. Little Rock Air Force Base C-130s were deployed to perform aero medical and transportation missions in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Angela Burton and Senior Airman Melinda Ford unload medical equipment from a C-130 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Sept. 12, 2008. The Airmen were part of a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing C-130 aircraft and crews from Little Rock Air Force Base and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to transport medical patients from Beaumont, Texas, to Lackland AFB, Texas, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Army North personnel load their bags into a truck for transportation from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to Camp Mabry, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2008. About 75 servicemembers and Department of Defense civilians are setting up their operational command post near the Joint Field Office just outside of Austin. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts, assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group conducts search and rescue operations in Galveston Texas after Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2008.

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U.S. Air Force Airmen made up of active duty, Guard, and Reserve from multiple Air Force bases load hospital patients onto a C-130 aircraft at the Beaumont Airport in Texas Sept. 12, 2008. Little Rock Air Force Base C-130s were deployed to perform aero medical and transportation missions in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Airmen made up of active duty, Guard, and Reserve from multiple Air Force bases load hospital patients onto a C-130 aircraft at Beaumont Airport in Texas Sept. 12, 2008. Little Rock Air Force Base C-130s were deployed to perform aero medical and transportation missions in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Melinda Ford goes through pre-flight procedures at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Sept. 12, 2008, before takeoff to Beaumont, Texas. Ford is part of a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing C-130 aircraft and crews Little Rock Air Force Base and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, Ill., that will be evacuating patients in Beaumont, Texas, to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 37th and 59th Air Wing unload hospital patients at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 12, 2008, that were evacuated from Beaumont, Texas. These patients were transported by a combined effort from the Little Rock Air Force Base C-130 aircraft and crews and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Apen Phillips goes through pre-flight procedures at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Sept. 12, 2008, before takeoff to Beaumont, Texas. Phillips is part of a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing C-130 aircraft and crews Little Rock Air Force Base and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, Ill., that will be evacuating patients in Beaumont, Texas, to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Janice McFall, Flight Doctor, 463rd Airlift Group from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., helps place hospital patients and nursing home residents onboard a U.S. Air National Guard C-130 aircraft in preparation for Hurricane Ike in Corpus Christi, Texas, Sep. 10, 2008. McFall and the crew are taking the evacuees to Dallas, Texas, where they will be cared for until Ike is no longer a threat.

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ir Force Senior Master Sgt. Rowena Sanchez-Reitan and Master Sgt. Mark Juarez, both air evacuation technicians from the 433rd Air Evacuation Squadron, asemble an oxygen system in a C-130E Hercules aircraft at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas Sept. 11, 2008, during a planned evacuation from Hurricane Ike. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas, and aeromedical evacuation capabilities remain on alert pending FEMA requests for assistance.

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A paramedic watches as a C-130 Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., comes to a stop on the tarmac in Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 11. The C-130 arrived at Corpus Christie to transport patients to a safe location out of Hurricane Ike's path.

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A U.S. Airman sits by the bed of an evacuated senior citizen at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas Sept. 11, 2008, while waiting to board C-130 Hercules aircraft from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., during evacuation from Hurricane Ike. The evacuees are being moved to Dallas where they will be cared for until Ike is no longer a threat.

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Military personnel take a medical patient to an Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft for evacuation Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, from Corpus Christi, Texas, to a medical facility in Dallas as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas Gulf Coast. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas, and aeromedical evacuation capabilities remain on alert pending FEMA requests for assistance.

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First Lt. Jason Estes, director of operations for the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility team based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., tends to a patient waiting for evacuation in Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 11. The team worked late into the night helping evacuate patients from a local area hospital. U.S. Air Force aircraft transported patients to safe locations out of Hurricane Ike's path.

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Members of the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility (MASF) team based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., help train a Disaster Medical Assistance Team based out of San Benardino, Calif., on proper litter lifting and carrying techniques. The Air Force MASF team, along with civilian agencies, were deployed to Corpus Christi in support of Hurricane Ike evacuatioin efforts.

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Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility team members from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., unload medical supplies at Corpus Christi, Texas. The MASF team deployed in support of U.S. Northern Command, which is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts there.

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