Rodney Simmons, 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) National Security Emergency Preparedness Director, receives a briefing about the location of NSEP Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers Sept. 11. Deploying EPLOs was one of the initial efforts of the 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) enterprise to prepare for response to Hurricane Florence, expected to make landfall later this week. (Air force photo by Mary McHale)