Airmen on a search-and-rescue operation observe a rescue in progress along the Louisiana coast Aug. 31, 2005. The airmen were assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28HSC 28 from the USS Bataan, which was in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles south of New Orleans. The Defense Department mobilized to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Jeremy L. Grisham