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JBSA-Lackland Kelly Field stands up Incident Support Base to support FEMA’s Hurricane Maria relief efforts
September 22, 2017 — The Federal Emergency Management Agency stood up an Incident Support Base at JBSA-Kelly Field to aid Hurricane Maria relief efforts with support from the 502nd Air Base Wing Sept. 21... MORE

Airman 1st Class Dakwon Aktkinson, 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron forklift operator, moves cargo around the air operations terminal Sept. 22, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field. The cargo was being staged at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Incident Support Base at Kelly for transport to areas devastated by Hurricane Maria (U.S. Air Force image/Dan Hawkins)

EPLOs provide critical coordination to FEMA disaster relief efforts
September 5, 2017 — As three CH-47 Chinooks flew in to Joint Base San Antonio-Seguin Auxiliary Airfield from the west, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer Col. Harry Hughes was quickly working through how to help alleviate a back-up of overflow truck traffic onto the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Incident Support Base... MORE

Col. Harry Hughes, a reservist assigned as Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer to the Federal Emergency Management Agency-Region 8, listens to a Hurricane Harvey relief effort update at Joint Base San Antonio-Seguin Auxiliary Airfield Sept. 5, 2017. Helping local response agencies coordinate with one another is a primary responsibility for EPLOs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dan Hawkins)