Megan Lynch
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ? A convoy of bridge transport vehicles belonging to the 1438th Engineer Company prepare to move portable sections to flood-ravaged areas in southeast Missouri here Wednesday, in support of ongoing National Guard relief efforts as part of ?Operation Rising Tide.? Staff Sgt. Thomas Stebbin, of St. Louis, the convoy commander, said the company was deploying 44 soldiers, whose mission will be to deploy portable bridges in flood zones, providing access for civilian and military traffic. Stebbin, who said he believes this is the first time the 1438th has been deployed to provide such capabilities to the state during an emergency, noted that deploying the bridge sections in flood waters will present a different set of challenges than deploying them as a river crossing, mostly because the flood waters could be traveling at faster speeds.Photo courtesy Mo National Guard
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX) – The Missouri National Guard says it’s planning to deploy portable bridges in southeast Missouri flood zones.
44 members of the 1438th Engineer Company in Jefferson City will use the bridges to create access for civilian and military traffic. The danger for the soldiers is that flood waters could be moving faster over covered roads than through a normal river crossing.
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