The Arkansas National Guard's 39th's 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry are currently supporting the Arkansas State Police on I-40 near Hazen after a jack-knifed truck resulted in the road's closure. The Soldiers are part of the total 59 members who were called to state active duty in advance of yesterday's severe winter weather. (Courtesy of the Arkansas National Guard)
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The Arkansas National Guard's 39th's 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry are currently supporting the Arkansas State Police on I-40 near Hazen after a jack-knifed truck resulted in the road's closure. The Soldiers are part of the total 59 members who were called to state active duty in advance of yesterday's severe winter weather. (Courtesy of the Arkansas National Guard)
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As various forms of winter precipitation overtook the state on Wednesday afternoon and night, 124 Arkansas National Guardsmen were called to state active duty to assist the Arkansas State Police in patrolling endless miles of hazardous roadway. The Guard teams, employing 62 all-terrain Humvee vehicles, pre-staged at the state police troop headquarters across the state in preparation for the winter weather assault. Guard teams consisting of two Soldiers or Airmen per vehicle working 12-hour shifts, took to the roadways to assist state troopers in locating stranded motorists or accidents along the interstates. Through the first 12-hour shift the Guard patrolled over 1,400 miles of highway; worked 23 accidents and assisted 80 motorists. (Courtesy of the Arkansas National Guard)
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Spc. Michael Monroe, a communications specialist assigned to the Fredericksburg-based Headquarters Company, 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team prepares communications equipment for possible winter storm response operations March 5, 2015, in Fredericksburg, Va. The Va. Guard alerted approximately 70 Soldiers March 4, 2015, to stage and be ready for possible response operations due to heavy snow or flooding. Soldiers from the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will stage in Winchester, Staunton, Leesburg, Fredericksburg and Harrisonburg, and Soldiers from the Gate City-based 1030th Transportation Battalion will stage in Gate City. Read more: go.usa.gov/3x6gB (Photo by Capt. Andrew J. Czaplicki, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
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Soldiers from the Leesburg-based Company C, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team prepare for possible winter storm response operations March 5, 2015, in Leesburg, Va. The Va. Guard alerted approximately 70 Soldiers March 4, 2015, to stage and be ready for possible response operations due to heavy snow or flooding. Soldiers from the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will stage in Winchester, Staunton, Leesburg, Fredericksburg and Harrisonburg, and Soldiers from the Gate City-based 1030th Transportation Battalion will stage in Gate City. Read more: go.usa.gov/3x6gB (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
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