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A U.S. Air Force nurse measures the vital signs of a patient.
A U.S. Air Force nurse with the 133rd Air National Guard measures the vital signs of a patient being evacuated from a Houston, Texas, area hospital before Hurricane Rita heads inland on Sept. 23, 2005. The patients were flown to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Okla. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Rita to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Rita.