Lt. Col. Michael Eldridge, an Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) from Alaska, works in FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. Colonel Eldridge deployed to support the fight against COVID-19. The Air Force Reservist works with other NRCC staff providing emergency management coordination, planning, resource deployment and collection and dissemination of disaster information — all at the national-level. A former combat rescue officer, Colonel Eldridge has 28 years of service with the Air Force, with five years as an EPLO in the Air Force Reserve.