U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Perry, a flight engineer

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Perry, a flight engineer with the South Carolina Army National Guard's 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion Detachment 1, waits to take off in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., during a statewide flood response, Oct. 7, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard has been activated to support state and county emergency management agencies and local first responders as historic flooding impacts counties statewide. Currently, more than 2,600 South Carolina National Guard members have been activated in response to the floods. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Megan Floyd/Released)