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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Methola watches a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lift a sandbag to transport it to a broken levee in Plaquemines Parish, La., on Oct. 3, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Methola is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 200th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Methola watches a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lift a sandbag.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Methola watches a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lift a sandbag to transport it to a broken levee in Plaquemines Parish, La., on Oct. 3, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Methola is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 200th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.

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