Col. Peter J. DePatie, commander, 103rd Air and Space Operations Group, hands an emergency cot to another Airman loading up a truck destined for a shelter at Vernon Center Middle School in Vernon, Conn. Nov. 1, 2011. The Airmen loaded 92 cots as part of the relief effort to assist residents of Connecticut after the destruction caused by Storm Alfred on Oct. 29, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erin McNamara)