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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      JBSA units are supporting DLA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey.Hurricane Harvey
                        
                        
                        Mario Johnson, Defense Logistics Agency, directs a truck driver supporting Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts on where to park her vehicle August 30, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Sequin Auxiliary Air Field, Texas.  JBSA units are supporting DLA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
                
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                        Shannon Woodyard, Defense Logistics Agency, logs in a truck supporting Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts August 30, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Sequin Auxiliary Air Field, Texas.  JBSA units are supporting DLA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
                
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                        Tony Lafayette, with the Defense Logistics Agency, waits in his vehicle for trucks containing Hurricane Harvey disaster relief supplies Aug. 30, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Sequin Auxiliary Airfield, Texas. JBSA units are supporting DLA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sean M. Worrell)
                
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JBSA-Seguin ISB supports Hurricane Harvey disaster relief effortsPublished Aug. 31, 2017
                    
                    By Kimberly Parker
                    
                    
                    502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs
            


**JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFNS)**--In support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, the 502nd Air Base Wing, Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency stood-up an Incident Support Base at Joint Base San Antonio-Seguin Auxiliary Airfield Aug. 24, 2017.
“The mission of the ISB is to stage supplies such as meals, water, generators and other equipment as close as possible to the affected area without hindering disaster relief operations,” said Col. Dave Edwards, a 1st Air Force emergency preparedness liaison officer. 
Edwards explained the JBSA-Seguin Auxiliary Airfield location can stage approximately 700 trailer trucks at a time. Currently, there are about 250 trucks processing through the location each day. To date, approximately 2.1 million meals and 2.2 million liters of water have processed through the ISB to disaster relief areas.
“This is the most massive homeland support operation I have ever been involved with and we are working to move as many supplies as we can as quickly as possible, because time is of the essence,” Edwards said.
Edwards and Lt. Col. Vince Schons are the two liaison officers assigned to the incident support base and coordinate with JBSA, other federal agencies as well as state and local agencies to ensure FEMA and DLA have all the resources they need to accomplish their missions.
“What we really want is to get the aid to the people that need it as quickly and efficiently as possible,” Schons said. “Nobody wants bad things to happen, but we are trained and ready to respond when they do and we want to help.
Both Edwards and Schons are Air Force reservists and expressed their willingness and readiness to serve during this time of need.  
“To the people of Houston and all the affected areas, my thoughts and prayers are with you,” Edwards said. “Joint Base San Antonio stands ready to support in anyway necessary to help, and will provide every resource we can to alleviate the suffering and put things back together for you.”
Schons echoed the sentiment of readiness.
“The effort and the can-do attitude from the entire community is a wonderful thing to see and be a part of,” Schons said. “It fills me with pride to see the American people coming together and the outpouring of support during this time of crisis.”Joint Base San Antonio 



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