U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael A. Anderson, left, a helicopter

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael A. Anderson, left, a helicopter crew chief with Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands, helps load kitchen sets and bags of rice on a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the port of Roseau, Dominica, Oct. 2, 2017. The aircraft departed the port with 100 bags of rice and 200 kitchen sets from the U.S. Agency for International Development for delivery to Grand Bay, Dominica. At the request of USAID, JTF-LI has deployed aircraft and service members to assist in delivering relief supplies to Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The task force is a U.S. military unit composed of Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen, and represents U.S. Southern Command’s primary response to the hurricanes that have affected the eastern Caribbean. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Martens)