Airman 1st Class Zachary Schofield, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, carries a bag full of mud after clearing an area of mudflow at Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
Airman 1st Class Thomas Smith, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection, rides in the back of a truck moving mudflow at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron establish an assembly line to download bags full of mud from a transport truck at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
Tech. Sgt. Abdul Smith, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, carries bags full of mud alongside a local resident at Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Zachary Schofield and Masanobu Ishikawa, both from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, clean mudflow from a house at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Ja-pan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force pho-to by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron clear mudflow from a house at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron carry bags full of mud from a house at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
olunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron ride in the back of a pickup truck in support of landslide sites at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
Sixty-four students from the Kasono Elementary School and more than 60 Airmen and civilians from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron pose for a group photo after the appreciation ceremony at Kasono Elementary School, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)