The South Carolina Air National Guard deployed 13 Airmen, assigned to the 169th Security Forces Squadron, to assist law enforcement recovery efforts following the path of Tropical Storm Florence.
Tropical Storm Florence dropped historic amounts of rain in areas of South Carolina, causing significant damage to areas from rising floodwaters.
The security forces Airmen are tasked to integrate with local law enforcement to conduct search and rescue missions as well as high water rescue operations as flooding impacted the area.
“We teamed up with Florence County Sheriff’s Department and as soon as we got here, most of our guys actually went out on patrol,” said Master Sgt. Chad Peebles, 169th Security Forces Squadron...
