General Victor Renuart Jr. (left), the commanding general of U.S. Northern Command, talks with Col. Douglas Gabram (right), the commander of 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, before flying on a mission out of Ellington Field, Houston, Sept. 15, 2008. Gabram's UH-60 Black Hawks would take Renuart and his staff on an aerial survey of the destruction area caused by Hurricane Ike.