SAN ISIDRO AIR BASE, Dominican Republic -- Army Spc. Ian Shaffer, 1st Battalion-228th Aviation Regiment, secures the blades of the tail rotor on an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, preparing it for medical relief missions. American servicemembers deployed from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to assist the Dominican Republic after it was ravaged by Tropical Storm Noel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)