Army Sgt. 1st Class Rafael Ortiz, a cybersecurity noncommissioned officer with the 781st Military Intelligence Battalion, poses for a photo at Fort George G. Meade, Md., Dec. 7, 2017. Ortiz used his personal leave time to cover his 21-day deployment with the Red Cross to assist others after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, on Sept. 20. Courtesy photo