Missouri National Guard flood assistance
Brigadier General Stephen Danner, Missouri adjutant general, visits with Air and Army National Guardsmen who are manning check points at closed roads, June 25, 2010. After weeks of heavy rains, Governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency on June 21, with the 139th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph Mo., taking command in Northwest Missouri for the National Guard's Joint Task Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Bond/Released)