Ongoing Relief Efforts

Here is a list of ongoing military operations in regard to the Hurricane Katrina relief, from the DoD:

20 U.S. Navy ships remain in the area;
346 active-duty and National Guard helicopters and 68 airplanes are providing aviation support in the area;
274 sorties have flown in the past 24 hours supporting the operation, bringing the total to date to 11,669;
Seven installations are providing support as transportation staging areas for ice, water, food and medical supplies;
16.7 million packaged meals have been delivered, with 1 million of them diverted to Virginia and Georgia to support Hurricane Ophelia response, if required;
789 beds are available in field hospitals at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, the 14th Combat Support Hospital, and aboard USS Bataan, USS Iwo Jima, USS Tortuga and USS Shreveport; and
115 nations and 12 international organizations have offered assistance, and Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., is serving as the central collection point for supplies donated by foreign countries.

In addition, the Air Force is sending 2 C-130 Hercules aircraft especially modified to spray "skeeters":

In another new development, two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing are preparing begin the first mosquito-spraying missions in the region today. The initial focus will be the New Orleans area, then outlying areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, if required, officials said.
The wing, from Youngstown, Ohio, is deployed to Duke Field, Fla., to carry out the mission