National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Virginia Urban Search and Rescue Task Force two fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – An aerial view of storm and fire damage along the coast of New York from a Georgia Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter during a flight from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov 3, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Dominic Dipietco, a specialist with the Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, pets search dog Jed aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard on a flight from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Mike ONeil, a hazardous materials specialist assigned to Maryland Task Force one, flies aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Members of the Georgia Army National Guard prepare their CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for a flight from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. The aircraft was moving members of the National Search and Rescue Task Force to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of the National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force receive a briefing before flying from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. The Task Force includes state search and rescue task forces from Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

Deputy SecDef

Capt. Mike Hostetler, right, shows Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter the cockpit of a B-52 bomber at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2012. (DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Deputy SecDef

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter tours a missile maintenance facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2012. (DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)