FRIDAY FOTOS (September 7, 2012)

The Trouble with Isaac

(Defense Dept. photo by Sgt. Rashawn D. Price, U.S. Army)

Part of national security includes protecting Americans in times of natural disasters, like hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. Hurricane Isaac, which swept the gulf coast of Louisiana and Mississippi last month was one of those disasters.

Here we see U.S. Army Sgt. Lee Savoy lifting a child into a boat from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Isaac in La Place, La., on Aug. 30, 2012. Savoy is attached to the 256th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard.

In the photo below, a U.S. Coast Guard Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) returns from a medical evacuation of a truck driver  along the flooded frontage road by the Highway 55 underpass in LaPlace, Louisiana Aug. 31, 2012.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Colclough)

For more photos of the rescue and relief work in Louisiana, click here.

For photos from Mississippi, click here.