https://www.spd.usace.army.mil South Pacific Division News Releases RSS Feed en-us Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:51:00 GMT Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:54:27 GMT https://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/2382358/la-district-california-army-national-guard-to-conduct-flood-fighting-demonstrat/ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the California National Guard are partnering to conduct a Super Sand Bag Placement functional exercise at the Whittier Narrows Dam in Montebello, California. The exercise will include the use of a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by a crew with the California National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1, based in Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. The California National Guard will conduct a sling-load operation that will place sandbags into a simulated breach of the levee system at Whittier Narrows Dam to demonstrate the joint flood-fighting capabilities of the Corps and the California National Guard. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/04/2002517212/115/75/0/200923-A-AB280-1031.JPG' alt='A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by a crew from the California National Guard&#39;s Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos' /> <br /> Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:51:00 GMT Press Operations https://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/2382358/la-district-california-army-national-guard-to-conduct-flood-fighting-demonstrat/ Civil Works Disaster Response Emergency Operations U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers