Maj. General Raymond Shields, the adjutant general

Maj. General Raymond Shields, the adjutant general for New York State, listens to Maj. Jamie Lepsch, Joint Task Force 5, operations officer, 153rd Troop Command, Buffalo, talk about the efficacy of the disaster response coordination. This operation was the first real-world execution of JTF-5 at the 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, N.Y. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Brandy Fowler)