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Father and son fly high with Illinois Army National Guard
June 20, 2011
Guard-led task force wins hearts 'one patient at a time'
June 20, 2011
235th Military Police Company directs traffic as residents visit threatened homes
June 20, 2011
Army Pfc. Thad Buri, Watertown, a service member of the 235th Military Police Company, directs traffic at a traffic control point in Dakota Dunes, June 17, 2011. Buri and other members of the 235th Military Police Company are conducting traffic control and ID checks as local residents return to survey potential damages to their homes caused by the flooding of the Missouri River.
Bittersweet homecoming for Citizen-Soldier helping Joplin
June 20, 2011
When Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the Missouri National Guard to provide state oversight for the debris removal the process, Missouri National Guardsman, Army Col. William A. Ward, was appointed commander of the task force. Ward was born in St. John’s Hospital, which was hit hard by the tornado and is less than a mile from the armory where his task force is based.
New York Army National Guard aviators retrieve boat from brink of Niagara Falls
June 20, 2011
A New York Army National Guard CH-47 based a the Army Aviation Support Facility in Rochester hoists a New York State Park Police out of the Niagara River on Sunday, June 19.
National Guard ever present for Midwest flood relief
June 20, 2011
Soldiers of the North Dakota National Guard's 816th Engineer Company (Horizontal) responded to a call June 14, 2011, to perform a sandbagging mission raising the levee near Burlington, N.D. Because of the heavy amounts of rain the state received, the 816th was tasked to raise several low spots on levees throughout their area.
Missouri National Guard helps monitor sand boils in northwest Missouri
June 20, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Brian Garr, a Task Force 110 liaison officer for Andrew Co., records a description and the location of sand boils found near a levee south of Amazonia, Mo., on June 14, 2011. Sand boils occur when water under pressure pushes up through the ground and appears to “boil" up. Sand boils can be a mechanism contributing to a levee failure during floods. These sand boils were determined to not be harmful to the levee at this time. Task Force 110 will continue to monitor these sand boils, along with other key sites as preparations for potential flooding continue in Andrew Co.
Guard participates in project to advance coalition information sharing
June 20, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Contena Moriley-Mack, left, Test Operator Talaya Johnson, center, and Army 2nd Lt. Edgar Murillo, right, check data in preparation for the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration at the Central Technical Support Facility at Fort Hood, Texas, June 9, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by David G. Landmann) (Released)
Engineer re-enlists on the levee
June 17, 2011
Guard aviators battle Florida wildfires
June 17, 2011
UH-60 Black Hawk crewmembers from the Florida Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, prepare a collapsible water bucket to support wildfire suppression missions in northeast Florida, June 16, 2011. Each bucket can hold 780 gallons of water and be carried under the Army helicopters. The aviators were helping the Florida Division of Forestry and firefighters by dropping water on spreading wildfires sparked by lightning.