deployment orders. Rapid deployment units include Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) teams that are made up of over 100 officers with multiple specialties, and are focused on providing acute clinical care of disaster-exacerbated chronic conditions. Officers who do not work as a clinical care provider on one of these teams are often in support roles, such as logistics, administration/finance, or planning. Tier 2 teams are composed of a smaller, more specialized workforce. Other rapid deployment units include the Applied Public Health Team (APHT), the Mental Health Team (MHT), and the Services Access Team (SAT). PHS officers not already assigned to one of the rapid deployment units are used to augment the other teams in the event of staffing shortages due to availability, or the need to scale up a response. Commissioned Corps personnel are trained and equipped to respond to public health crises and national emergencies, such as natural disasters, disease outbreaks, or terrorist attacks. The teams are multidisciplinary and are capable of responding to domestic and international humanitarian missions. Some notable deployments involving the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps include: 1989 – Hurricane Hugo; Loma Prieta, California, earthquake. 1992 – More than 1,000 PHS officers were deployed to South Dade County, Florida, following Hurricane Andrew. Early 1990s – Flooding throughout the United States and Alaska. 1994 – Northridge, California, earthquake. 1995 – Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1995 – Hundreds of PHS officers were deployed to the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricane Marilyn. 1999 – Hospital center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, for Kosovo Refugees 2001 – More than 1,000 PHS officers were deployed to New York City after the attacks on September 11, 2001 to aid victims and provide medical and mental health services to responders and rescue workers. 2001 – 2001 anthrax attacks 2004 – Hurricane Ivan. 2004 – 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2005 – More than 2,000 PHS officers deployed to set up field hospitals and render aid and assistance to evacuees and responders in the wakes of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, and Hurricane Wilma. 2006 – 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake 2007 – Medicine Contamination in Panama 2008 – PHS-2 Rapid Deployment Force deployed pre-landfall to Louisiana in advance of Hurricane Gustav. It became the first standing PHS team to set up and run a Federal Medical Station. The team and 200 patients rode out the hurricane in