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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Gibson, lower left, sits among the personnel operating the North Dakota National Guard Joint Task Force East at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D., April 6, 2011. Personnel will man the high-tech operations center 24-hours a day until it is no longer necessary. Gibson is assigned to the 119th Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nickolas Kosen, left, and Tech. Sgt. Gary Anderson hold open a one-ton sandbag as sand is poured into the flood control bag at the North Dakota Air National Guard in Fargo, N.D., April 7, 2011. Kosen and Anderson are assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron. The bag is one of several bags being filled in preparation for possible flood emergencies in the Red River Valley area of eastern North Dakota.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Gibson, lower left, sits among the personnel operating the North Dakota National Guard Joint Task Force East at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D., April 6, 2011. Personnel will man the high-tech operations center 24-hours a day until it is no longer necessary. Gibson is assigned to the 119th Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nickolas Kosen, left, and Tech. Sgt. Gary Anderson hold open a one-ton sandbag as sand is poured into the flood control bag at the North Dakota Air National Guard in Fargo, N.D., April 7, 2011. Kosen and Anderson are assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron. The bag is one of several bags being filled in preparation for possible flood emergencies in the Red River Valley area of eastern North Dakota.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Gibson, lower left, sits among the personnel operating the North Dakota National Guard Joint Task Force East at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D., April 6, 2011. Personnel will man the high-tech operations center 24-hours a day until it is no longer necessary. Gibson is assigned to the 119th Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nickolas Kosen, left, and Tech. Sgt. Gary Anderson hold open a one-ton sandbag as sand is poured into the flood control bag at the North Dakota Air National Guard in Fargo, N.D., April 7, 2011. Kosen and Anderson are assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron. The bag is one of several bags being filled in preparation for possible flood emergencies in the Red River Valley area of eastern North Dakota.

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