2-3. Some missions may accomplish these purposes directly. For example, an aircraft crew participating in a search and rescue operation is there to save lives. Soldiers fighting fires in a national forest are protecting public property, as are the National Guard Soldiers patrolling streets in the aftermath of a tornado. Other missions accomplish these purposes indirectly. Soldiers and civilians loading medical supplies for shipment from an installation to a municipal shelter will not meet the people housed there, but their actions will help reduce the distress of their fellow citizens.