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North Dakota National Guard Reacts to Flood
The North Dakota National Guard’s Dickinson based 816th Horizontal Engineer Battalion has been acting as a 24-hour-a-day Quick Reactionary Force for rapid response to any levee leaks or breaches in the Minot and Burlington area. Having a QRF available is an essential part of leading a successful flood fight. QRFs are accountable for responding in the event of a levee incident such as seepage or erosion. They have also been assisting the city and the Corps … Read entire article »
LA National Guard floats to work every day
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, have been performing transport duties off the coast of Louisiana near Grand Isle, La., and the Grand Terre Islands to assist civilian workers with the oil clean-up effort along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. For the past two weeks, the 25-member team has been using portions of an improved ribbon bridge to make a five-panel raft with ramps on each end to transport civilian personnel, … Read entire article »
LA National Guard Builds Barriers in Cameron Parish
Despite adverse weather brought in by Hurricane Alex earlier this week, Louisiana National Guard soldiers from the 225th Engineer Brigade continue to emplace and repair Hesco barriers along the coast in Cameron Parish, La. The crew finished a two-and-a-half mile stretch of protective wall along the lowest portions of Highway 82 between the Cameron ferry and Holly Beach just 24 hours before Hurricane Alex hit the Gulf Coast. “Every time the tide rises more than two feet … Read entire article »
HESCO barriers go up in oil soaked Louisiana
Members of the 527th and 769th Engineer Battalions of the Louisiana National Guard began constructing a barrier wall, May 21, along the coast of Port Fourchon, La., in an effort to keep oil-tainted water from reaching Bay Champagne, a coastal lake critical to Louisiana’s fishing industry. “The units arrived around 7 a.m., and we immediately began doing everything we could to get this project started,” said Capt. Jeffrey L. Giering of Watson, La., commander of the … Read entire article »
National Guard Defends Pembina From Flood
Two stories in this post. Residents here, one of North Dakota’s oldest settlements “” are accustomed to the springtime ritual when the Red River ignores its banks, making life difficult. To help the residents of Pembina this spring, about 12 Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard’s 134th Quartermaster Detachment, out of Cavalier, N.D., are patrolling the city’s dikes around the clock, looking for problem spots. The Guard has been in town since Saturday. Pembina residents volunteer … Read entire article »
Sandbagging to Save Fargo
The human sandbag chain in north Fargo on March 26 was evenly represented by civilian and military volunteers. North Dakota National Guard Airmen and Soldiers, in their traditional camouflaged uniforms, slugged thousands of 20-pound sacks of sand alongside an Army of Fargo residents and out-of-towners resolved to save the El Zagel Shrine and Masonic Temple from floodwater from the rising Red River. It’s a scene that’s been played and replayed since the Guard sent in its first … Read entire article »
ND Guard Uses Iraqi War Skills to Fight Flood
While deployed in Iraq, the towering Hesco barriers that ringed the base became a familiar sight to Army Spc. Ryan L. Karsky. These large, modular steel baskets, lined with a fine, mesh material, held compacted desert sand, gravel and chunks of concrete. They served as an effective shield against hostile fire and shrapnel. Now back home in North Dakota, Karsky, a member of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 817th Engineer Company, has found a different … Read entire article »
Grand Canal Upgrades Ease Traffic Flow in Taji
Staff Sgt. Xavier Bowie and Sgt. Aaron McDowell ground guide a bulldozer operated by Spc. Jomer Baruela, who hails from Superior, Colo., as they begin the first stage of repairing the bypass road near the city of Taji, July 31, 2008. The Soldiers are assigned to the Equipment Platoon of the 46th Engineer Combat Battalion serving with the 926th Engineer Brigade, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. Photographer: 2nd Lt. Janeene Yarber Traffic builds as a truck struggles to … Read entire article »
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