Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard's Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery Quick Response Force finish up the first of four square dikes constructed to stop the flow of water backi More
Civilian contractors work to finish up the wet side of the Fort Pierre barrier while the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing provides levee security June 5. SDNG personnel and equipment are in More
Officer Eric Holmquist, with the Rapid City Police Department, talks with South Dakota Air National Guard Master Sgt. Chris Stewart, Rapid City, a photographer with the 114th Fighter Wing public affairs, on a l More
South Dakota Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Wayne Shanks, assistant adjutant general for the South Dakota Air National Guard, Sioux Falls, along with 114th Fighter Wing commander, Col. Russ Walz (far right), Sio More
South Dakota Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Wayne Shanks, assistant adjutant general for the South Dakota Air National Guard, (left) Sioux Falls, administers the Oath of Enlistment to five airmen (left to right) More
A water pump rests on the dry side of a levee in Fort Pierre while media personnel survey Missouri River flooding and South Dakota National Guard soldiers and airmen monitor and secure the levee, June 7. The pu More
City of Pierre Mayor Laurie Gill and South Dakota Army National Guard's Maj. Martin Yost, Task Force 147th operations officer, survey levees in and around Pierre June 10, 2011. Yost described to Gill levee plac More
Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard's Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery Quick Response Force lay plastic over a manhole where water was backing up into a parking lot near Marian More
British army Maj. Taylor Fox, commander of the 216th Royal Artillery, talks about similarities between the British territorial army and the South Dakota National Guard with Capt. Chad Wika, training officer wit More
Five airmen of the South Dakota National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing gather for photo on a levee overlooking the Missouri River in Pierre during flood operations June 7, 2011, after being administered the Oath o More
City of Pierre Mayor Laurie Gill examines a map of Pierre as South Dakota Army National Guard's Maj. Martin Yost, Task Force 147th operations officer, points out areas of levee placement and quick reaction forc More
Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard's Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery Quick Response Force get their feet wet during their first response call to water backing up into a parki More
South Dakota Air National Guard Tech. Sgt Kodi Ingle, a weather technician from Chamberlain, monitors the Fort Pierre berm with Airmen 1st Class Spencer Daniels, a hydraulics technician from Canton, June 6. Bot More
City of Pierre Mayor Laurie Gill, along with Capt. Joe Hardin (driving), 114th Fighter Wing detachment officer in charge, and South Dakota Army National Guard's Maj. Martin Yost, Task Force 147th operations off More