NStar bases utility recovery operations at Massachusetts Military Reservation

NStar Electric, a Northeastern utility company, is temporarily basing a large assembly of utility workers and vehicles here in order to more effectively restore electricity to the citizens of Cape Cod due to effects of the brutal winter storm that hit the area, 8-9 February.

MA ANG aids in refueling NY

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Cane, an Air National Guardsmen of the 104th Fighter Wing, pumps gasoline for vehicles essential to maintaining New York City’s infrastructure at a fuel supply point on Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, N.Y. The operation has distributed over 280,000 gallons of motor vehicle gasoline and more than 78,000 gallons of diesel fuel to emergency vehicles, school busses, and tactical military vehicles used for relief efforts. Hurricane Sandy was the largest Atlantic Hurricane on record and caused the most damage in New York and New Jersey Oct. 29, 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julian T. Olivari/Released).

Floyd-Bennett Field, NY, refueling mission

The Massachusetts Air National Guard, along with the Army National Guard, provided a series of C-300 fuel trucks, which can hold 1,200 gallons of fuel and are capable of dispensing gasoline directly into vehicles. Approximately 350,000 gallons of fuel, provided by FEMA, were distributed to about 12,000 vehicles at the Floyd-Bennett Field, N.Y., in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Tom Orifice/Released)

102nd Prepared for Hurricane Sandy

Members from critical agencies of the 102nd Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, sign-in and await assignments October 29, 2012 on Otis Air National Guard Base. The airmen were activated to serve as assets to Task Force Patriot. The task force provided a structure for the Massachusetts National Guard to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, assist citizens during the storm, and help with a variety of tasks after the storm. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Aaron Smith/Released)

267 CBCS ORI

Tech. Sgt. Nicola Galante, 267th Combat Communications Squadron (267 CBCS), prepares to assemble a delta ground wiring system, which stabilizes voltage to the earth, during the buildup of a simulated deployed communications site during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass., Sept. 10. The primary mission of the 267 CBCS is to deploy, operate, and maintain strategic dispersal of emergency communications anywhere in the world. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kerri Cole/Released)

267 CBCS ORI

Members of the 267th Combat Communications Squadron (267 CBCS) assemble a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass., Sept. 10. The portable shelter is used for the buildup of a simulated deployed communications site. The primary mission of the 267 CBCS is to deploy, operate, and maintain strategic dispersal of emergency communications anywhere in the world. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kerri Cole/Released)