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2010 Flood Fight

Sgt. Preston Steele attaches a towing chain to a partially submerged vehicle March 25 on a washed out portion of a gravel road a few miles west of Harwood, N.D., as Spc. Jeremy Kasperson gives directions from the rear for backing the truck. Steele and Kasperson are both in the 815th Engineer Company’s North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) team that is being called to the scene by the Cass County Sherriff’s Department to assist with the vehicle recovery. The driver of the vehicle was able to get clear of the car and make his way through the freezing water to safety before help arrived. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Staff Sgt. Brent Johnson, of Argusville, N.D., who serves with the North Dakota National Guard’s 815th Engineer Company quick response force (QRF) team, visits with Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney as they arrive on the scene of a stranded automobile in a washed out section of rural roadway March 25, west of Harwood, N.D. The recovery of the car from the washout is cooperative effort between members of the North Dakota National Guard and the Cass County Sherriff’s Office operating out of a tactical operations center in West Fargo, N.D. The recovery was carried out by N.D. National Guard members of a quick response force (QRF) team staging out of the Harwood, N.D., Community Center. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Senior Airman Nathanael Baardson, of the 119th Wing, uses a night-vision lens to videotape a pair of North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) team members March 24 as they monitor floodwater along levees in Harwood, N.D. Baardson is a member of the N.D. National Guard public affairs team documenting the activities of the military flood mission for historical, internal Department of Defense briefings and civilian media relations purposes. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Senior Airman Anthony Rezac, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, (left) and Spc. Nick Strom, of the 815th Engineer Company (Wishek, N.D.), walk along an earthen levee using flashlights during the evening hours of March 24 in Harwood, N.D. The pair of North Dakota National Guard members are part of a quick reaction force (QRF) team staging out of the Harwood Community Center who take a turn monitoring the floodwater as residents sleep. The residents of Harwood are able to monitor the levees themselves during the daylight hours. The nighttime levee walking is one the remaining tasks for the QRF teams as much of the floodwater in the area begins to recede. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Senior Airman Anthony Rezac, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, (left) and Spc. Nick Strom, of the 815th Engineer Company (Wishek, N.D.), walk along an earthen levee using flashlights during the evening hours of March 24 in Harwood, N.D. The pair of North Dakota National Guard members are part of a quick reaction force (QRF) team staging out of the Harwood Community Center who take a turn monitoring the floodwater as residents sleep. The residents of Harwood are able to monitor the levees themselves during the daylight hours. The nighttime levee walking is one the remaining tasks for the QRF teams as much of the floodwater in the area begins to recede. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Senior Airman Anthony Rezac, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, (left) and Spc. Nick Strom, of the 815th Engineer Company (Wishek, N.D.), walk along an earthen levee using flashlights during the evening hours of March 24 in Harwood, N.D. The pair of North Dakota National Guard members are part of a quick reaction force (QRF) team staging out of the Harwood Community Center who take a turn monitoring the floodwater as residents sleep. The residents of Harwood are able to monitor the levees themselves during the daylight hours. The nighttime levee walking is one the remaining tasks for the QRF teams as much of the floodwater in the area begins to recede. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Senior Airman Anthony Rezac, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, (left) and Spc. Nick Strom, of the 815th Engineer Company (Wishek, N.D.), walk along an earthen levee using flashlights during the evening hours of March 24 in Harwood, N.D. The pair of North Dakota National Guard members are part of a quick reaction force (QRF) team staging out of the Harwood Community Center who take a turn monitoring the floodwater as residents sleep. The residents of Harwood are able to monitor the levees themselves during the daylight hours. The nighttime levee walking is one the remaining tasks for the QRF teams as much of the floodwater in the area begins to recede. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)
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2010 Flood Fight

Cass County Sherriff's Department Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson and members of the 815th Engineer Company help Mili Sherman down a ladder and out of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) truck March 22, in rural Cass County. Thorson and the QRF team are assisting Sherman to temporarily vacate her home because the rising over-land flood water covering her access road has made it dangerous to drive in and out of her roadway.
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2010 Flood Fight

Cass County Sherriff's Department Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson helps Mili Sherman up a ladder and into a North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) truck March 22, in rural Cass County. Thorson and the QRF team are assisting Sherman to temporarily vacate her home because the rising over-land flood water covering her access road has made it dangerous to drive in and out of her roadway.
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2010 Flood Fight

Sgt. Brian Steckler, of the 815th Engineer Company, jumps out of the back of a quick response force (QRF) truck March 22, as his QRF team responds to a request for assistance from the Cass County Sherriff's Dept. The QRF team is assisting an elderly rural resident to temporarily vacate her home because the rising flood water has left it inaccessible to automobile traffic.
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2010 Flood Fight

A North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) truck drives through over-land flood water that is covering a rural Cass County roadway March 22, as soldiers of the 815th Engineer Company respond to a request for help by the Cass County Sherriff's Dept. The soldiers are assisting an elderly rural resident to temporarily vacate her home because the rising flood water has left it inaccessible to automobile traffic.
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2010 Flood Fight

Pfc. Richard Olson, of the 815th Engineer Company, wades through water that is covering a rural Cass County roadway March 22, as he checks for the best driving route to avoid deep washouts in the road. Olson is a member of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) team that is responding to a request by the Cass County Sherriff's dept. to assist in helping an elderly rural resident to temporarily vacate her home because the flood water has left her home inaccessible by automobile traffic.
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2010 Flood Fight

Col. Ronald Solberg, emergency operations commander for regional response platform 4 briefs Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, N.D. adjutant general, Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau and Brig. Gen. Pat Martin, N.D. deputy adjutant general about the North Dakota National Guard flood operations currently taking place in the state on March 22. The Emergency Operations Center began operations at the 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard on March 15 in response to flooding in the southeastern part of the state.
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2010 Flood Fight

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Adam Kapaun, 119th Wing, while walking dike patrol near the Oak Grove Lutheran School on March 22. McKinley spent the day in Fargo, N.D. visiting the Guardsmen currently on flood duty in the state.
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2010 Flood Fight

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, shakes hands Capt. Christopher Domitrovich, 119th Wing C-21 pilot, as he arrives at the North Dakota Air National Guard for a day long visit of the flood efforts taking place in the state on March 22. During his visit, McKinley received an update from the Emergency Operations Center, an aerial reconnaissance of the Red River area and a ground tour of the city where he made frequent stops to visit with the North Dakota Guard members on duty.
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2010 Flood Fight

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, laughs with Staff Sgt. Kristi Krabbenhoft, 119th Wing, while eating lunch at the 119th Wing on March 22. McKinley ate with more than a dozen North Dakota Guardsmen and took time to talk about the ongoing flood operations taking place in the area.
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2010 Flood Fight

Tech Sgt. Kevin Reinhardt, left, and Staff Sgt. Anthony Salquist, both of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepare one-ton sandbags for filling with sand from a cement truck, so they can be used in flood fighting operations March 19 at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D. The large sandbags are being readied for UH-60 helicopter sling-load operations, should they be necessary in emergency battling rising flood waters anywhere in eastern North Dakota.
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2010 Flood Fight

Tech Sgt. Kevin Reinhardt, left, and Staff Sgt. Anthony Salquist, both of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepare one-ton sandbags for filling with sand from a cement truck, so they can be used in flood fighting operations March 19 at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D. The large sandbags are being readied for UH-60 helicopter sling-load operations, should they be necessary in emergency battling rising flood waters anywhere in eastern North Dakota.
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2010 Flood Fight

Master Sgt. Gary Koslofsky, of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, signals a forklift driver for placement of a one-ton sandbag filled with sand from a cement truck March 19, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D. The large sandbags being readied for flood fighting UH-60 helicopter sling-load operations, should they be necessary in emergency situations with rising flood waters anywhere in eastern North Dakota.
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2010 Flood Fight

Tech Sgt. Kevin Reinhardt, of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, signals a forklift driver as he completes filling a one-ton sandbag with sand from a cement truck March 19, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D., so the sandbags can be used in flood fighting operations. The large sandbags are being readied for UH-60 helicopter sling-load operations, should they be necessary in emergency battling rising flood waters anywhere in eastern North Dakota.
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