Story by Shannon Bauer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 07.23.2011
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District's Debris Planning and Response Team is deployed to Minot, N.D., cleaning up the city and surrounding small towns after record flooding of the Souris River late June damaged more than 4,000 homes....
Courtesy Story | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 07.05.2011
Soldiers and airmen of the North Dakota National Guard have been tirelessly engaged in one flood fight or another across the state both this spring and summer. Now, after about 75 days of such duty, they are getting some much-welcomed relief from an eastern neighbor....
Story by William Prokopyk | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 07.04.2011
Whether the sun has yet to rise, it’s the heat of a mid-summer afternoon or the glow of the moon is lighting their mosquito-filled path, North Dakota National Guard members are on guard and on patrol to keep the cities of Bismarck and Mandan safe by preventing further flood damage. The mission takes no breaks for weekends or holidays....
Story by Sgt. Eric Jensen | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 07.03.2011
More than 500 North Dakota National Guardsmen are on duty in the Ward County area through the holiday weekend to monitor high water levels along the Souris River. Today, soldiers and airmen continued their flood-fighting missions including manning traffic control points, walking levees, purifying and distributing water and are manning quick reaction forces in the event of breaches or flood......
Story by Sgt. Darron Salzer | National Guard Bureau | 06.29.2011
The men and women of the National Guard are unique: Citizen-soldiers and airmen ready at a moment’s notice to jump into a domestic emergency and help neighbors....
Story by Sgt. Darron Salzer | National Guard Bureau | 06.29.2011
When Army Capt. Gary Ripplinger and his soldiers received the call to save a local elementary school, they sprang into action and were on the scene and placing sandbags within 45 minutes. ...
Courtesy Story | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 06.22.2011
Alongside local officials and the Minot community, the North Dakota National Guard is working to ensure a safe evacuation of approximately 12,000 people and 4,200 homes in Minot in addition to the Souris River Valley. ...
Courtesy Story | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 06.15.2011
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. ...
