Major Jamie Lepsch, Joint Task Force 5 officer in charge,

Major Jamie Lepsch, Joint Task Force 5 officer in charge, 153rd Troop Command, New York National Guard, manages the situation update brief for the Joint Operation Center, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. The JOC was established yesterday and moved here early this morning. The center manages and maintains operations associated with Governor Andrew Cuomo's activation of the New York Air and Army National Guard. The members of the JOC are just a few of more than 250 Soldiers and Airmen that are being deployed to Western New York for debris clearing missions in support of Operation February Winter Storm. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Brandy Fowler)