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Minnesota National Guard Cleaning Up Minot
The assistance provided by the Minnesota National Guard during the 2011 flood fight in Minot has been an invaluable asset to the North Dakota National Guard, who has been engaged in flood response operations in the central region of the state for almost 50 days. Minnesota has deployed 120 soldiers to assist in the Minot area in the first of two rotations. The Minnesota Guard became engaged in the flood fight through the Emergency Management Assistance … Read entire article »
National Guard Begins Minot Recovery Effort
North Dakota National Guard troops are receiving some relief after assisting state and local authorities with flood mitigation and disaster relief efforts for some 75 days so far in 2011. About 120 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard will be arriving in Minot and assuming some of the duties now being performed by their North Dakota counterparts. Guardsmen continue patrols in the flooded areas of the city as well as patrolling the many dikes and levees. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
National Guard Assists At Traffic Accident
Controlling traffic at points throughout flooding communities remains a common duty around the clock for North Dakota National Guard members. Soldiers and airmen help travelers know what roads are blocked and alternative routes while controlling access for residents and ensuring quick movement for civilian and military flood fighters and emergency responders. Most days are pretty routine for the Guardsmen, who are well-experienced in the mission after having served about 70 days on flood duty this year … Read entire article »
Minot, the Atlantis of the Plains
You gotta laugh, or you’d cry. Minot is under water. As I write this piece, the water level at Minot 4W, the Boy Scout bridge, is at 24.12 feet. The record was 23 feet and the projection is for the Souris River to rise to 27.5 feet. This data needs to be converted to be compared to the gauge at Broadway in Minot. That gauge is measured in feet above sea level, and it is currently showing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military, Original writing, Reporting
Yanks and Allies Help Haitians
Colombian, Canadian and American military medical and dental professionals treated more than 2,200 Haitian patients during a New Horizons medical and dental training exercise June 14 at Hospital Saint Pierre de Grande Desdunes, near La Hatte, Haiti. Task Force Bon Voizen, New Horizons Haiti 2011, a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, U.S. Army South conducted, combined humanitarian exercise under the command of the Louisiana National Guard, provides an opportunity for real-world training while providing humanitarian assistance at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Military
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 »
National Guard responds to disasters
By Army Sgt. Darron Salzer National Guard Bureau In the aftermath of severe storms that have brought devastating tornadoes to areas of Missouri and Massachusetts and major flooding across the Midwest and other parts of the U.S., the number of Citizen-Soldiers who are answering the call for help has risen to about 5,000. Guard members are performing domestic operations for flood relief support in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Vermont and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
Flooding Moves North on Red River
On one end of the Red River Valley, Wahpeton and Fargo have breathed sighs of relief at surviving another flood. The northern end of the valley is just bracing for their crests, though, and the North Dakota National Guard is there to help in Walhalla, Pembina, Drayton and Neche, N.D. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment have been placed in these towns to monitor dikes and respond to emergency situations, such as … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
North Dakota Guard in Flood Fight for 2011
Staff Sgt. Marie Hovrud, from Bismarck, N.D., North Dakota National Guard is a crew chief with 2/285th Helicopter Assault Battalion currently supporting the flood fight here. She and more than 400 fellow Guardsmen are serving on flood duty through the Easter weekend, some of them serving with the Guard for the second and even third year in a row. Part of Hovrud’s job is to direct the helicopters when they have a load to bring in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
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