A citizen-soldier helps children from Stockbridge Central School in Stockbridge, Vt., see a Vermont National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter that landed, Sept. 12, 2011, during a survey of progress in the state's recovery from Hurricane Irene. The mountain town was cut off after the storm. The Vermont National Guard's Task Force Green Mountain Spirit is spearheading a multistate effort to help the state recover from the storm.