Hurricane Florence - South Carolina National Guard Responds

Credit: Master Sgt. Carl Clegg | Date Taken: 09/21/2018
U.S. Army Spc. Collin Depositar and Spc. Wyatt Boan, medics from the 124th Engineer Co., provide medical care to prevent heat-related injuries to Carolina National Guard Engineers and Transportation Corps who are placing sandbags along highway 501 to ensure roadways remain passable and communities are not cut-off on the main route to highly populated Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sept. 21, 2018. The SCNG teams have laid nearly three miles of barrier protecting a mile and a half of road with sandbags and flood barriers to keep the road open from flooding. There are approximately 2,200 South Carolina Guards Soldiers 40 Airmen and 100 State Guard on duty as well as 28 Soldiers and Airmen from Pennsylvania and Alaska National Guard and 8 troops from the New York National Guard and 100 Tennessee National Guard assisting response efforts from the impacts of Hurricane Florence. (U.S. National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Carl Clegg, 169th Fighter Wing, Public Affairs)