VNG Airmen assist with NC hurricane response
Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, began assisting with hurricane response Oct. 18, 2024, in Burnsville, North Carolina. Approximately 20 RED HORSE Airmen organized as an engineer company with heavy equipment assisted with route clearance, road construction and debris removal as well as assisted with staffing at commodity point of distribution.
As of Oct. 23, the Airmen applied nearly 1,300 tons of road base on one project, completed 100 percent of work on a culvert project and 90 percent on a second culvert. Another team cleared
more than 570 yards of road, removed 130 loads of debris and removed four cars and two buses from a creek. A third team helped organized 380 pallets of supplies serving nearly 4,750 people.
“Airmen with the 203rd RED HORSE have significant engineering experience from multiple overseas federal active deployments and an aggressive training plan here in Virginia, and now they get to put that experience to work to help with the hurricane response in North Carolina,” said Brig. Gen. Todd Hubbard, VNG Director of the Joint Staff.
Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron assist with hurricane response operations Oct. 18-19, 2024, in Burnsville, North Carolina.