Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 News
    
        Photos

    Week in Photos

    Air Force TV

    Commentaries

    Features

    Art

    About Us
    
        Air Force Senior Leaders
    
        SECAF

    CSAF

    CMSAF

    Biographies

    Fact Sheets

    SECAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library
    
        CSAF Leadership Library 2022

    CSAF Leadership Library 2021

    CSAF Reading List Pre-2020 Archive
    
        2018 CSAF Reading List

    2017 CSAF Reading List

    2016 CSAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library 2023

    CMSAF Leadership Library

    50 Years of the CMSAF

    Adjunct Professors

    Air Force Strategic Documents

    Arctic Strategy

    Empowered Airmen

    State Licensure Portability

    Careers

    AF Federal Advisory Committees

    AF 75th Anniversary

    Policy Updates

    AF Content Management

    Contact Us

    AF Sites
    
        Site RegistrationU.S. Air Force LogoAir Force

        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Staff Sgt. Micah Hallman, left, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron air transportation specialist, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., hands boxes to Jodi Johnson, right, U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as they download goods and commodities in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts at Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities to be transported to hurricane victims here and areas of the southeast over the next few weeks. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group and FEMA are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)170913-F-AD344-086
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Micah Hallman, left, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron air transportation specialist, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., hands boxes to Jodi Johnson, Federal Emergency Management Agency, as they download goods and commodities in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. JB Charleston’s North Auxilary Airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities to be transported to hurricane victims here and areas of the southeast over the next few weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res
        


        Staff Sgt. Micah Hallman, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron air transportation specialist, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., directs a truck driver transporting goods prepped to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts at Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities being transported to hurricane victims here and areas to the southeast over the next few weeks. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group and U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)170913-F-AD344-505
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Micah Hallman, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron air transportation specialist, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., directs a truck driver transporting goods prepped to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group and Federal Emergency Management Agency are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res
        


        First Lt. Savannah Emmrich, 43rd Air Base Squadron fuels management officer in charge, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., speaks with Alice LaMere, U.S. Department of Homeland Security surge capacity force, at Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities being transported to hurricane victims here and areas to the southeast over the next few weeks. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group and U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)170913-F-AD344-574
                        
                        
                        First Lt. Savannah Emmrich, 43rd Air Base Squadron fuels management officer in charge, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., speaks with Alice LaMere, U.S. Department of Homeland Security surge capacity force, on the North Auxiliary Airfield at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group and Federal Emergency Management Agency are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res
        


        Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield in South Carolina, serves as an installation support base to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities to be transported to hurricane victims here and areas of the southeast over the next few weeks. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)170913-F-AD344-005
                        
                        
                        The North Auxiliary Airfield at Joint Base Charleston, S. C., serves as an installation support base to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts Sept. 13, 2017. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res
        


        Staff Sgt. Donny Johnson, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C., helps disconnect a trailer from a truck transporting goods and commodities in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts at Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities being transported to hurricane victims here and areas to the southeast over the next few weeks. Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are working side-by-side executing relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)170913-F-AD344-325
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Donny Johnson, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., helps disconnect a trailer transporting goods and commodities in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts at the North Auxiliary Airfield, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 13, 2017. The airfield acts as a receiving and distribution staging area for goods and commodities being transported to hurricane victims over the next few weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res

Mobility Airmen, FEMA stand up hurricane staging area in S.C.Published Sept. 14, 2017
                    
                    By Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal
                    
                    
                    Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFNS) --**Mobility Airmen are actively working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency at Joint Base Charleston’s North Auxiliary Airfield, as recovery and relief efforts continue following Hurricane Irma.
JB Charleston Airmen prepared the airfield Sept. 8, 2017, for FEMA’s primary staging area, and continue to help receive and distribute relief goods and commodities destined for areas in need.
“We serve as the liaison and support entity for the Emergency Preparedness Liaison Office,” said Col. Rockie Wilson, 628th Mission Support Group commander. “We’ve worked closely with both [Air Forces Northern] and the 18th Air Force to coordinate the support from Pope Army Airfield as well as provided access to the [North Auxiliary Airfield].”
With hundreds of trailers moving through the staging area, Airmen from the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group at Pope AAF, North Carolina, joined to help JB Charleston members continue relief efforts.
“We’re expecting anywhere from 600 to 700 trailers to arrive with different kinds of commodities being requested down in Florida,” said 1st Lt. Savannah Emmrich, 43rd Air Base Squadron at Pope AAF. “You have food and water. Those are the main two, but then you also have cleaning supplies and anything else that’s needed and requested.”
The working dynamic between the Air Force and FEMA has cultivated an effective operating environment for some Airmen.
“We’re working really well with them,” said Emmrich. “It’s been an honor for us to get this opportunity to help FEMA, see their operations and be able to support this effort.”
Jodi Johnson, FEMA facilities manager and installation support base ground support member, said working alongside the military during this operation has been a positive experience. After serving 27 years in the Army, she appreciates all the help the Air Force provides.
“I took the Airmen into the training room yesterday, trained them for about 45 minutes, and they hit the ground running,” said Johnson. “They’re very receptive to do anything we ask them to do. We all come together as one family, one unit. We’re all able to come together as one unit to work together effectively.” 
The partnership will continue during the weeks ahead, and although a completion date isn’t set, some have expressed their excitement to continue operations as long as is needed.
Staff Sgt. Micah Hallman, 43rd Air Mobility Squadron air transportation specialist, Pope AAF, is enjoying the opportunity to help those in need and appreciates the experience of working alongside FEMA.
"Any chance we get to come down and help people in need is a good day,” said Hallman. “We have good folks here at FEMA. They've been real forward with any information we need. Anything they have, they've made it clear we can use it. Just a real professional group of people, and I’m glad to be a part of this."hurricane irma 



JB Charleston 



628th MSG 



18th AF 



43rd Air Base Squadron 



AMC 



43rd AMS 



FEMA 



Pope Airfield 



43rd AMOG Featured News
        Senior Leader Priorities
                SecAF, CSAF, CMSAF begin Indo-Pacific trip focused on ACE
                    
                    DAF leaders talk budget, reoptimizing the force
                    
                    DAF leaders speak at National Character and Leadership Symposium
                    
                    DAF members recognized during BEYA STEM awards
                    
                    DAF senior enlisted advisors discuss Airmen, Guardians in the fightInnovation
                F-16s arrive to be modified for autonomous testing
                    
                    AFWERX director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition
                    
                    DAF delivers lethality at the speed of data during Project Convergence Capstone 4
                    
                    DAF welcomes industry partners to HQ development program
                    
                    DAF announces Spark Tank 2024 finalistsMAJCOM News
                Safety enterprise announces new mission, vision, goals in 2024 strategic plan
                    
                    Air Combat Command welcomes new commander
                    
                    USAFE-AFAFRICA commander discusses Integrated Air, Missile Defense during Munich Security Conference
                    
                    Flosi to AFMC family: Embrace change, make every day count
                    
                    AMC rises to increasing global tension
 Quick Links
AccessibilityContact UsEqual OpportunityFOIA | Privacy | Section 508Information QualityInspector GeneralJAG Court-Martial DocketLink DisclaimerNo FEAR ActOpen GovernmentOSI Tip LinePlain LanguageQuestionsResilienceRSSSite MapVeterans Crisis LineCareers
Join the Air ForceAir Force BenefitsAir Force CareersAir Force ReserveAir National GuardCivilian ServiceConnect
            Get Social with Us
            
            Official United States Air Force Website
    Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil