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Okay , we have elements here from two

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of the 147 assault helicopter battalion ,

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which is a U . H . 60 Black Hawk

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battalion from ST paul Minnesota . We

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also have elements from bravo Company .

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Second of the 2/11 G SAB , Which is a

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CH 47 helicopter company .

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We've been conducting joint missions

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together . We have a total of six U . H .

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60 Black Hawks and two CH 40 sevens .

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Some of the missions that we've been

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conducting here in the Fargo Morehead

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area consist of reconnaissance missions

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to assess a variety of factors in the

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flood , including location and

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location and size of some of the ice

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dams blocking the flow of water along

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the river . We've done assessments for

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civilian authorities of of some of the

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the soil borrow pits that they're using

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to gather the sand and prepare the

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sandbags . We've done some sling

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loading of sandbags to reinforce the

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dikes in areas where there's been a

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breach recently . We flew the

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fema pio to watch an effort that we had

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to break up an ice dam in the town of

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Oslo Minnesota , which is just north of

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Grand Forks and there was a significant

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ice dam in the town of Oslo that was

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limiting the freedom of movement of the

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water . And so that we had a CH 47

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chinook that used a concrete

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block in a sling load operation , an

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attempt to break the ice into to get

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the water flowing again

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as a Guard member assisting those in

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our state and those in our sisters

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stayed on a state active duty mission

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is definitely one of the reasons that

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were in the Army National Guard ,

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because it allows us to help those

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people in our local communities and do

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something for people in a time of need .

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It's been a good thing to be up here

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assisting folks and just looking at

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everybody , really doing everything

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they can to uh , help in the relief

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efforts .