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Ruidoso, N.M.
New Mexico Army National Guard aviators put their hoist training to the test not once, not twice, but 57 times on July 27, 2008 after Tropical Depression Dolly caused flooding in the high desert environment of Ruidoso, N.M.
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Ruidoso, N.M.
New Mexico Army National Guard Helecoptor in route to assist in rescue of Ruidoso residents on July 27, 2008 after Tropical Depression Dolly caused flooding in the high desert environment of Ruidoso, N.M.
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Photo by Everette Peschke.
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LaMoure, ND
The National Guard finished placing 1-ton sandbags at the Cottonwood Creek Dam at Lake LaMoure, ND, slowing the water flow from the eroded spillway.

The Guard had been on site since early morning, arriving around midnight. Helicopters had been called in after representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the North Dakota State Water Commission observed the quickly eroding spillway.
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Haiti Earthquake Relief
Tech. Sgt. John Stone of the 249th Airlift Squadron of the Alaska Air National Guard, leads communications while crews remove cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III of the 517th Airlift Squadron, from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Jan. 21, 2010. Two Humvees and a water tank were delivered to help the Haiti relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Turner)
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Members of the 146th Aerial Port Squadron of the California Air National Guard load a pallet of boots from the National Interagency Fire Center onto a C-130 aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing before they are sent to National Guard troops fighting wildfires in California July 5.  Northern Command provides assistance to the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the National Interagency Fire Center. USNORTHCOM continues to closely monitor the California wildfires to anticipate additional requests for Department of Defense assistance to local, federal, and state civil authorities. Photo by Patti Bielling
National Guard in Afghanistan
A U.S. soldier stands against the Afghan skyline after securing a combat outpost in Rajankala in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. 
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II.

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