Guard Responds to Flooding in Three States

By • on June 15, 2010

Guard Responds to Flooding in Three States

By Army Sgt. Darron Salzer
National Guard Bureau
ARLINGTON, Va., June 15, 2010 – More than 400 National Guard members from three states have been called up for flood duty after heavy rains and snow run-off caused cresting rivers this week, officials said.

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Niki Label of the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and Army Pfc. Taylor Carlson of the Wyoming Army National Guard’s A Battery, 2-300th Field Artillery, fill sandbags to aid in stopping the rising flood waters of the Popo Agie River in Fremont County, Wyo., June 11, 2010. Photo by Christian Venhuizen