Rodney Simmons, National Security Emergency Preparedness director, Air Forces Northern, listens as Joe Sanders, deputy NSEP director, briefs current Hurricane Florence conditions Sept. 11 in the NSEP operations cell. From providing specialized job personnel and equipment to assigning staging areas for supplies, AFNORTH, the air component of U.S. Northern Command, continues to assist that command’s support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hurricane Florence relief efforts. (Air Force photo by Mary McHale)