CG Units Assist Flood Ravaged Fargo, N.D.

FARGO, N.D. — What is the U.S. Coast Guard doing 1,493 miles northwest of Cape May and the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, where all enlisted personnel start their careers?
They were helping residents in this region after the Red River flooded the Fargo area on Wednesday, March 25.
Officers and enlisted members, some in small boats, others in helicopters, were joining efforts after the Red River flooded the area.
The Coast Guard photos that accompany this story were taken by various Coast Guard personnel, and taken from the service’s Web site.
A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter flew over Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Wheeler as he used a small boat to transport six people and two dogs to a safe rescue platform after the Red River flooded the Fargo area March 25.
Wheeler, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, was lowered from the helicopter and later assisted the four adults, one child, one infant and two small dogs as they were hoisted to safety by the rescue helicopter and crew from Air Station Traverse City, Mich. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Brendan Evans)
Lt. David Ober piloted a U.S. Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter during a search and rescue case when those people and their two dogs became stranded due to the Red River flood
In Oxbow, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Marvin, a machinery technician from Coast Guard Small Boat Station St. Clair Shores, Mich., worked on the tire of an airboat trailer. That tire became frozen after exposure to the harsh winter elements following the response effort to the 2009 Midwest flood. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Renee C. Aiello)
Elsewhere in Oxbow, Coast Guard and crews, including local agencies, prepared a Coast Guard airboat to be trailered during flood response, March 25. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Renee C. Aiello)
Also in Oxbow, two U.S. Coast Guard airboat crews deployed from Coast Guard District 9 and took part in a search and rescue mission during flood response. The airboats are used in shallow water throughout residential areas. Numerous Oxbow residents were evacuated to dry ground. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Renee C. Aiello)
Still in Oxbow, a small boat crewmember from Small Boat Station Sault St. Marie, Mich., responded to a search and rescue call March 25. Various Coast Guard units from around the country were called to assist in the 2009 Midwest flood response. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Renee C. Aiello)