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Iowa Guard Civil Support Team Pulls Poisons From Flood Waters |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
Original Source: Armed Forces Press Service
Iowa Guard Civil Support Team Pulls Poisons From Flood WatersBy Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith
Special to American Forces Press Service
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1, 2008 – Although terrorists are not responsible for the rain waters flooding the Midwest, at least one National Guard counterterrorism unit was wet and waist-deep in a battle here to protect their communities.
Army Sgt. Keith Yohnke (left) and Staff Sgt. Steve Brouillet, from the Iowa National Guard's 71st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team take a water sample for analysis June 19, 2008, from a flooded area near Manchester, Iowa, to assist state and federal authorities and identify hazardous materials released in the Midwest floods. U.S. Army photo
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