Lynn Jefferies, quality assurance representative, U.S.

Lynn Jefferies, quality assurance representative, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, talks with a contractor while supervising debris clearing from a home that was destroyed after an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin, Mo., May 22. The debris removal mission includes clearing the right of way (10 feet from the curb) and right of entry homes, which the property owner or the city has given the Corps the right to go onto the property to clear debris. The Corps is responsible for clearing more than 1,400 properties.