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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 »
Ghanaians Get Up-Close Look at How ND Guard Handles Flooding
The 91-degrees-and-humid African country of Ghana and the snow-still-falling-in-April state of North Dakota may, at first blush, seem to have very little in common. There’s more to the partnership between the two entities than one might imagine, though. “Ghana has the same kind of disasters we have in North Dakota. They have floods, drought and windstorms, but, in addition to that, they also have pestilence, avian flu, those types of things that they worry about,” said … Read entire article »
New tools in North Dakota National Guard flood fight
The first week of the 2010 flood fight has come with numerous familiar tools and tasks for the North Dakota National Guard. After spending nearly 100 days on flood duty in 2009, one might expect few new experiences less than a year later. To the contrary, the first five days of flood operations brought three new tools or methods in holding back the rising floodwaters. BIG BAG USA FLOOD BARRIER Just a few days into flood operations, … Read entire article »
National Guard to the rescue in North Dakota
One of the North Dakota National Guard’s quick reaction force teams responded to a call near Kindred today, where floodwaters threatened a home. The team, comprised of Soldiers from Wishek’s 815th Engineer Company, is stationed at the Community Center in Hickson, N.D. Within 15 minutes of getting the call, they were at the white farmhouse a mile east of Kindred along the Sheyenne River with two 20-ton dump trucks filled with more than 1,000 sandbags, as … Read entire article »
Rain and Snow Pack Make for a Wet Spring
The National Weather Service (NWS) released a late winter / spring forecast today describing the threat of "imminent Midwest flooding", as well as flooding in the South and East. The risk map they have provided shows the highest risk to be in the Red River valley and the upper Mississippi River valley running through North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains is at above average … Read entire article »
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A View From a Soldier Serving in LaMoure
The 3662nd Maintenance Company has been on duty for the flood for several weeks now and during the past few weeks we have been in Fargo, Valley City and Jamestown. On Friday, April 17, my unit was sent to LaMoure, N.D., which is just a small jaunt down Highway 1 from Jamestown going south. Upon arriving in the town, we met with the leadership from the 2-135th Infantry Company of the Minnesota Army National Guard. I went on mission reconnaissance with one of our new lieutenants who would be taking over the mission. We were accompanied by two bright, energetic, young lieutenants from the 2-135th Infantry Company. We were shown the two stretches of levees on the west and south sides of LaMoure. The water had gone down a bit, … Read entire article »
North Dakota Flooding Update: Cottonwood Creek Dam at Lake LaMoure
The National Guard finished placing 1-ton sandbags at the Cottonwood Creek Dam at Lake LaMoure yesterday [April 19, 2009], slowing the water flow from the eroded spillway. The Guard had been on site since early yesterday morning, arriving around midnight. Helicopters had been called in after representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the North Dakota State Water Commission observed the quickly eroding spillway. Residents and officials had been filling the sandbags in the town, … Read entire article »
North Dakota Guard in Action During Flooding
Here is a series of photos showing North Dakota National Guard flood fighting efforts in Lisbon, North Dakota. Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for North Dakota Flooding 2009North Dakota Guard in Flood Fight800 Guardsmen to Fight Flood in E North DakotaNorth Dakota Guard Joins Flood ReliefCoast Guard Aids in North Dakota FloodingND Guard Uses Iraqi War Skills to Fight FloodSandbagging to Save FargoGuard Working in Midwest FloodsCurrent North Dakota Flood NewsRescuing Rose … Read entire article »
Guardsmen Returning to Hometowns for Duty
For one Soldier in the North Dakota National Guard’s Area of Operations – West, the flood officially got personal on April 17 in the Minot area. Sgt. Robert G. Duchsherer, of Minot, a Soldier in Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 164th Engineer Battalion and part of Area of Operations – West took to the air with nine other Soldiers in a North Dakota Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to conduct a reconnaissance of the areas of Granville, Towner, Karlsruhe, Velva and Sawyer to get a better overview of what they might face if the task force is asked to assist in McHenry County. Duchsherer participated in the flight over McHenry County, and was able to get a firsthand look of an area he knew well. He grew … Read entire article »
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