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Nebraska Guard leads key piece of shrunken 'Global War on Terror' in East Africa

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Nebraska Guard leads key piece of shrunken 'Global War on Terror' in East Africa

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About 200 members of the Nebraska National Guard play a key role in what my the largest remaining U.S. counterterror operation.

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Nebraska Army National Guard Col. Brian Medcalf is currently serving as chief of staff of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa in Djibouti.

GAURET STEARNS, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

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LISA CRAWFORD, NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD

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Nebraska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ryan Rodehorst, a religious support non-commissioned officer, plays soccer with a child at Caritas Orphanage, Djibouti, in July. Rodehorst’s civilian job is in information technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

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Sgt. Zack Manley looks out from the back ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday.

Tim Klein of the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team finishes lunch with some of the other team members on Friday. Klein is with the Omaha Fire Department.

Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team member Jesse Theiler FaceTimes with his family in Houston on Friday. Theiler is a member of Lincoln Fire and Rescue.

Andrew Pitcher is greeted by his search dog, Chief, on Friday. Nebraska Task Force One includes five canine search specialists and their dogs, who seek out people in need of rescue.

Zebras and camels stand in flood waters from Hurricane Harvey near the Bayou Wildlife Zoo on Tuesday.

1st Sgt. Ron Schroeder eats a banana at the pilots club at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday.

From left, Chief Warrant Officer Josh Schaaf, Omaha World-Herald reporter Erin Duffy and 1st Sgt. Ron Schroeder prepare to fly out of Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday.

Sgt. Ray Smith wears an emblem of Saint Michael, the patron saint of soldiers and battles, on his flight helmet on Wednesday.

A man uses his phone to take a photo of a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter while walking through the flooded intersection of Riverview Drive and and South Kirkwood Road on Wednesday.

A woman smiles and waves at a Nebraska National Guard helicopter, indicating that she did not need to be rescued, while pushing three children on an inflatable mattress through the flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday.

A woman looks at flooded Port Arthur, Texas, from a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter after being rescued Wednesday.

Spc. Levi Kaiser looks out the window of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a flight from Austin to Sugar Land, Texas, on Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge looks out of a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter at flooded Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge looks out of a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter at a flooded Houston on Tuesday.

From left, Chief Warrant Officer Josh Schaaf, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind and Sgt. Ray Smith wait for a mission on Wednesday. They stressed that they weren't bored but frustrated that they couldn't get out and start saving people.

From left, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, Sgt. Ray Smith and Maj. Dan Smith wait for a mission at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday. They stressed that they weren't bored but frustrated that they couldn't get out and start saving people.

An elderly man thanks Sgt. Ray Smith as the sergeant helps the man into a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter in Houston on Wednesday.

Sgt. Ray Smith looks for people in need of rescue in Houston from the open door of a Nebraska National Guard helicopter on Wednesday.

From left, Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind and Staff Sgt. Ben Mattox check their phones before going to sleep in the theater in the pilots club at the Sugar Land Regional Airport in Texas on Tuesday. Sleeping cots had not yet made their way to the airport.

Sgt. Ray Smith rests on the floor of a Black Helicopter after it stopped at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport for refueling on Wednesday. Smith is part of the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment of the Nebraska National Guard and just came back from a long flight in which his team rescued dozens of people in flooded Port Arthur, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey.

Sgt. Ray Smith keeps one hand on a 300-pound weight used to stretch out the hoist of a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. The helicopter had spent the day being used to rescue people trapped by flooding from Hurricane Harvey. The hoist brings people out of areas where it is too dangerous to land.

From left, Warrant Officer Gaylon Kreifels, Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler, Sgt. Erik Servellon, Sgt. Ray Smith and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind use their phones as they wait for a rescue mission at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Thursday. They stressed that they weren't bored but frustrated that they couldn't get out and start saving people.

A little girl is too frightened to get on a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter as it evacuates people from flooded Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday. A young boy jumped off the helicopter to join her back at the apartment complex.

Cows walk through flood waters near Taylor Landing, Texas, on Wednesday.

Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler keeps a stuffed animal version of Dug from the movie "Up" on the dash of the Black Hawk helicopter he pilots while looking for people to rescue after Hurricane Harvey. His sons gave him it to him when he was in Kuwait, and he brings it with him now.

Flood waters rush past a mail box in Houston on Wednesday.

Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler jumps up to touch a rotor blade on a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter at Sugar Land Regional Airport before a flight on Thursday.

Flood waters from Hurricane Harvey cover the roofs of vehicles in Houston on Wednesday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert eats a snack in a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter flying supplies from Austin to Sugar Land, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 31.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert takes video Thursday at the Houston Executive Airport before his Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off after dropping off supplies from Austin.

An apparent volunteer evacuates people on a boat from Houston on Wednesday.

Dan Stolinski enjoys some BBQ at the Don Coleman Community Coliseum in Houston on Friday. Big Time Texas Bar B Que Crew volunteered to make food for those affected by or those helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Steve Dolezal eats BBQ in Houston on Friday.

Spc. Levi Kaiser throws a water bottle that he mixed with Crystal Light to Sgt. Zack Manley, who was in the back of a loaded CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a flight from Austin to Sugar Land, Texas, on Thursday.

Maj. Mitchell Tessendorf talks to newly arrived Nebraska National Guard members at the Sugar Land Regional Airport on Thursday, Aug. 31. Some crews were delayed because of mechanical problems.

Flood victims shade themselves from the heat as they line up to receive donated clothes in a mall parking lot in Houston on Friday.

Spc. Levi Kaiser, left, and Warrant Officer Stephanie Garcia wait at the Sugar Land Regional Airport to fly to Austin to pick up a load in their CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday. Kaiser is with the Company B, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, based in Grand Island, and Garcia is a logistics coordinator from the Texas National Guard who accompanied the Nebraska National Guard on its flights.

Omaha World-Herald photojournalist Chris Machian poses for a portrait while sitting on the edge of the ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter 2,000 feet in the air on Thursday.

Nebraska National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler waits for a mission at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 30.

A truck that is part of the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team heads east on I-10 towards Houston on Friday, September 01, 2017. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Task Force Leader Roger Bonin talks on his cell phone while trying to plan logistics for the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team while at the Memorial City Mall on Friday, September 01, 2017. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Task Force Leader Roger Bonin gives a briefing to members of the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team while staged at the Don Coleman Community Coliseum on Friday, September 01, 2017. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Chief Warrant Officer Dallas Bundy shows his stickers he had leftover from an airshow at the Austin airport on Thursday. He brought the stickers in case they had to rescue young flood victims from hurricane Harvey in Houston.

Sgt. Zack Manley, right, and Specialist Levi Kaiser push a pallet of supplies on a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Austin airport on Thursday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert, left, and Specialist Levi Kaiser load a pallet of supplies on a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Austin airport on Thursday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert looks out from a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at flooded parts around Houston on Thursday.

Sgt. Zack Manley looks out from the back ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert looks out from a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at flooded parts around Houston on Thursday.

A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter is transports a load of supplies and people from Austin, Texas, to several regional airports around Houston.

Specialist Levi Kaiser pushes off a load of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Sugar Land airport on Thursday.

A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter unloads supplies at the Sugar Land airport on Thursday.

Sgt. Zack Manley looks out from the back ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday. The Iowa Army National Guard said Friday that it's is sending two CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the Houston area, along with 11 soldiers.

Everyone reacts differently after being rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regimen off of bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regimen off of bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Sgt. Ray Smith, left, hands a cat carrier back to someone they rescued from off of bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest and they were dropping him off at a nearby apartment complex on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HER

Rescuers lead people to a Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regimen that landed on bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, left, and Sgt. Ray Smith, right, help an elderly man Lind just hoist rescued from the flood waters in Port Arthur Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, left, hoists a child into a Black Hawk helicopter while Sgt. Ray Smith, right, helps the boy who was rescued from the flood waters in Port Arthur Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Sgt. Ray Smith helps an elderly man and a child off of a Black Hawk helicopter after they were rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind helps a child off of a Black Hawk helicopter after she was rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Aug. 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area.

Sgt. Ray Smith sits on the edge of a Black Hawk helicopter as it lands at an apartment complex to rescue dozens of people trapped by the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A woman with a pet carrier tries to direct a Black Hawk helicopter where people needed to be rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Flood waters encroach on a refinery in Nederland, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Helicopters look for people to rescue from flood waters in Port Arthur, Texasnon Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A helicopter and a boat rescue people trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

People wave a white flag to try to get the attention of rescue helicopters in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A dog climbs a bench to avoid flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A tractor drives through flood waters near Port Arthur on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A highway is covered in water west of Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Rescue helicopters land on whatever high ground they can find when picking up people trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area.

A man gives a thumbs-up to a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter indicating he does not need rescue and wishes to stay with his horses near Hampshire,Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Numerous helicopters from various agencies performing rescues dot the Port Arthur skyline on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind with the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of an elderly man trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. 

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind with the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of a man trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind with the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of people trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind of the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of a man trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

The Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind carry a disabled man through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex on Wednesday. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, right, carry a disabled man through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, guides people through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex to a Black Hawk helicopter for a evacuation on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, guides a child through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex to a Black Hawk helicopter for a evacuation on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, guides people through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex to a Black Hawk helicopter for a evacuation on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Sgt. Ray Smith, left, hands a cat carrier back to a man rescued from a bridge by Nebraska National Guard teams on Wednesday.

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter from the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment on Wednesday.

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter from the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment on Wednesday.

Rescuers lead people to a Black Hawk helicopter from the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment on Wednesday.

William and Brittany Gantt hold hands after being picked up by Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge, left, with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment from a flooded area on Tuesday, Aug. 29, near Houston, Texas.

Looking north toward downtown Houston, the area sees some sun during the sunset Tuesday, Aug. 29, after days of rain while Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. The mayor of Houston has imposed a curfew.

A Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment flies over areas flooded west of Houston on Tuesday.

A fountain runs next to a flooded neighborhood west of Houston on Tuesday.

A tree-lined neighborhood is flooded just west of Houston on Tuesday.

A partially flooded road west of Houston is seen on Tuesday.

A neighborhood just west of Houston has some passable roads and some under water on Tuesday.

Flooded area west of La Grange, Texas, are photographed on Tuesday.

Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler pilots a Black Hawk helicopter looking for people to rescue on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A neighborhood is flooded in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A truck drives thorough a flooded street in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

People float on a raft in a flooded street in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A home near Friendswood, Texas, pumps out flood waters on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A water slide is surrounded by flood waters in Texas on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A neighborhood is flooded in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Areas in and around Houston were flooded on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Areas in and around Houston were flooded on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Areas in and around Houston were flooded on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Cars drive through flooded roads in Santa Fe, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Cows make their way through flood waters near Iowa Colony, Texas, near Highway 288 on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A man salutes a Nebraska National Guard helicopter while taking a video with his phone near Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Kids take a break from a wet basketball game to wave at a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter near Friendswood, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Livestock heads to the one dry spot they can find in Friendswood, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Photos: Nebraska National Guard and search and rescue units help with Harvey relief efforts

The Nebraska National Guard is helping with Harvey relief efforts in Texas. 

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Sgt. Zack Manley looks out from the back ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday.

Tim Klein of the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team finishes lunch with some of the other team members on Friday. Klein is with the Omaha Fire Department.

Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team member Jesse Theiler FaceTimes with his family in Houston on Friday. Theiler is a member of Lincoln Fire and Rescue.

Andrew Pitcher is greeted by his search dog, Chief, on Friday. Nebraska Task Force One includes five canine search specialists and their dogs, who seek out people in need of rescue.

Zebras and camels stand in flood waters from Hurricane Harvey near the Bayou Wildlife Zoo on Tuesday.

1st Sgt. Ron Schroeder eats a banana at the pilots club at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday.

From left, Chief Warrant Officer Josh Schaaf, Omaha World-Herald reporter Erin Duffy and 1st Sgt. Ron Schroeder prepare to fly out of Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday.

Sgt. Ray Smith wears an emblem of Saint Michael, the patron saint of soldiers and battles, on his flight helmet on Wednesday.

A man uses his phone to take a photo of a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter while walking through the flooded intersection of Riverview Drive and and South Kirkwood Road on Wednesday.

A woman smiles and waves at a Nebraska National Guard helicopter, indicating that she did not need to be rescued, while pushing three children on an inflatable mattress through the flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday.

A woman looks at flooded Port Arthur, Texas, from a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter after being rescued Wednesday.

Spc. Levi Kaiser looks out the window of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a flight from Austin to Sugar Land, Texas, on Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge looks out of a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter at flooded Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge looks out of a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter at a flooded Houston on Tuesday.

From left, Chief Warrant Officer Josh Schaaf, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind and Sgt. Ray Smith wait for a mission on Wednesday. They stressed that they weren't bored but frustrated that they couldn't get out and start saving people.

From left, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, Sgt. Ray Smith and Maj. Dan Smith wait for a mission at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday. They stressed that they weren't bored but frustrated that they couldn't get out and start saving people.

An elderly man thanks Sgt. Ray Smith as the sergeant helps the man into a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter in Houston on Wednesday.

Sgt. Ray Smith looks for people in need of rescue in Houston from the open door of a Nebraska National Guard helicopter on Wednesday.

From left, Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind and Staff Sgt. Ben Mattox check their phones before going to sleep in the theater in the pilots club at the Sugar Land Regional Airport in Texas on Tuesday. Sleeping cots had not yet made their way to the airport.

Sgt. Ray Smith rests on the floor of a Black Helicopter after it stopped at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport for refueling on Wednesday. Smith is part of the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment of the Nebraska National Guard and just came back from a long flight in which his team rescued dozens of people in flooded Port Arthur, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey.

Sgt. Ray Smith keeps one hand on a 300-pound weight used to stretch out the hoist of a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. The helicopter had spent the day being used to rescue people trapped by flooding from Hurricane Harvey. The hoist brings people out of areas where it is too dangerous to land.

From left, Warrant Officer Gaylon Kreifels, Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler, Sgt. Erik Servellon, Sgt. Ray Smith and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind use their phones as they wait for a rescue mission at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Thursday. They stressed that they weren't bored but frustrated that they couldn't get out and start saving people.

A little girl is too frightened to get on a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter as it evacuates people from flooded Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday. A young boy jumped off the helicopter to join her back at the apartment complex.

Cows walk through flood waters near Taylor Landing, Texas, on Wednesday.

Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler keeps a stuffed animal version of Dug from the movie "Up" on the dash of the Black Hawk helicopter he pilots while looking for people to rescue after Hurricane Harvey. His sons gave him it to him when he was in Kuwait, and he brings it with him now.

Flood waters rush past a mail box in Houston on Wednesday.

Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler jumps up to touch a rotor blade on a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter at Sugar Land Regional Airport before a flight on Thursday.

Flood waters from Hurricane Harvey cover the roofs of vehicles in Houston on Wednesday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert eats a snack in a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter flying supplies from Austin to Sugar Land, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 31.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert takes video Thursday at the Houston Executive Airport before his Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off after dropping off supplies from Austin.

An apparent volunteer evacuates people on a boat from Houston on Wednesday.

Dan Stolinski enjoys some BBQ at the Don Coleman Community Coliseum in Houston on Friday. Big Time Texas Bar B Que Crew volunteered to make food for those affected by or those helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Steve Dolezal eats BBQ in Houston on Friday.

Spc. Levi Kaiser throws a water bottle that he mixed with Crystal Light to Sgt. Zack Manley, who was in the back of a loaded CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a flight from Austin to Sugar Land, Texas, on Thursday.

Maj. Mitchell Tessendorf talks to newly arrived Nebraska National Guard members at the Sugar Land Regional Airport on Thursday, Aug. 31. Some crews were delayed because of mechanical problems.

Flood victims shade themselves from the heat as they line up to receive donated clothes in a mall parking lot in Houston on Friday.

Spc. Levi Kaiser, left, and Warrant Officer Stephanie Garcia wait at the Sugar Land Regional Airport to fly to Austin to pick up a load in their CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday. Kaiser is with the Company B, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, based in Grand Island, and Garcia is a logistics coordinator from the Texas National Guard who accompanied the Nebraska National Guard on its flights.

Omaha World-Herald photojournalist Chris Machian poses for a portrait while sitting on the edge of the ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter 2,000 feet in the air on Thursday.

Nebraska National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler waits for a mission at Sugar Land Regional Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 30.

A truck that is part of the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team heads east on I-10 towards Houston on Friday, September 01, 2017. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Task Force Leader Roger Bonin talks on his cell phone while trying to plan logistics for the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team while at the Memorial City Mall on Friday, September 01, 2017. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Task Force Leader Roger Bonin gives a briefing to members of the Nebraska Task Force One urban search and rescue team while staged at the Don Coleman Community Coliseum on Friday, September 01, 2017. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Chief Warrant Officer Dallas Bundy shows his stickers he had leftover from an airshow at the Austin airport on Thursday. He brought the stickers in case they had to rescue young flood victims from hurricane Harvey in Houston.

Sgt. Zack Manley, right, and Specialist Levi Kaiser push a pallet of supplies on a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Austin airport on Thursday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert, left, and Specialist Levi Kaiser load a pallet of supplies on a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Austin airport on Thursday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert looks out from a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at flooded parts around Houston on Thursday.

Sgt. Zack Manley looks out from the back ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday.

Sgt. Parker Gilbert looks out from a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at flooded parts around Houston on Thursday.

A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter is transports a load of supplies and people from Austin, Texas, to several regional airports around Houston.

Specialist Levi Kaiser pushes off a load of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Sugar Land airport on Thursday.

A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter unloads supplies at the Sugar Land airport on Thursday.

Sgt. Zack Manley looks out from the back ramp of a Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday. The Iowa Army National Guard said Friday that it's is sending two CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the Houston area, along with 11 soldiers.

Everyone reacts differently after being rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regimen off of bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regimen off of bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Sgt. Ray Smith, left, hands a cat carrier back to someone they rescued from off of bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest and they were dropping him off at a nearby apartment complex on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HER

Rescuers lead people to a Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regimen that landed on bridge on South Kirkwood Road in Briarforest on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, left, and Sgt. Ray Smith, right, help an elderly man Lind just hoist rescued from the flood waters in Port Arthur Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, left, hoists a child into a Black Hawk helicopter while Sgt. Ray Smith, right, helps the boy who was rescued from the flood waters in Port Arthur Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Sgt. Ray Smith helps an elderly man and a child off of a Black Hawk helicopter after they were rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind helps a child off of a Black Hawk helicopter after she was rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Aug. 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area.

Sgt. Ray Smith sits on the edge of a Black Hawk helicopter as it lands at an apartment complex to rescue dozens of people trapped by the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A woman with a pet carrier tries to direct a Black Hawk helicopter where people needed to be rescued from the flood waters of Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Flood waters encroach on a refinery in Nederland, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Helicopters look for people to rescue from flood waters in Port Arthur, Texasnon Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A helicopter and a boat rescue people trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

People wave a white flag to try to get the attention of rescue helicopters in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A dog climbs a bench to avoid flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A tractor drives through flood waters near Port Arthur on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A highway is covered in water west of Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Rescue helicopters land on whatever high ground they can find when picking up people trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area.

A man gives a thumbs-up to a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter indicating he does not need rescue and wishes to stay with his horses near Hampshire,Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Numerous helicopters from various agencies performing rescues dot the Port Arthur skyline on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind with the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of an elderly man trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. 

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind with the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of a man trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind with the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of people trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind of the Nebraska National Guard prepares to do a hoist rescue of a man trapped in flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

The Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind carry a disabled man through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex on Wednesday. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lind, right, carry a disabled man through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, guides people through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex to a Black Hawk helicopter for a evacuation on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, guides a child through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex to a Black Hawk helicopter for a evacuation on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Nebraska National Guard's Sgt. Ray Smith, left, guides people through flood waters at a Port Arthur apartment complex to a Black Hawk helicopter for a evacuation on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. They are with the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment.

Sgt. Ray Smith, left, hands a cat carrier back to a man rescued from a bridge by Nebraska National Guard teams on Wednesday.

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter from the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment on Wednesday.

Rescuers load people on a Black Hawk helicopter from the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment on Wednesday.

Rescuers lead people to a Black Hawk helicopter from the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment on Wednesday.

William and Brittany Gantt hold hands after being picked up by Staff Sgt. Aaron Aldridge, left, with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment from a flooded area on Tuesday, Aug. 29, near Houston, Texas.

Looking north toward downtown Houston, the area sees some sun during the sunset Tuesday, Aug. 29, after days of rain while Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. The mayor of Houston has imposed a curfew.

A Black Hawk helicopter with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment flies over areas flooded west of Houston on Tuesday.

A fountain runs next to a flooded neighborhood west of Houston on Tuesday.

A tree-lined neighborhood is flooded just west of Houston on Tuesday.

A partially flooded road west of Houston is seen on Tuesday.

A neighborhood just west of Houston has some passable roads and some under water on Tuesday.

Flooded area west of La Grange, Texas, are photographed on Tuesday.

Chief Warrant Officer Derek Whisler pilots a Black Hawk helicopter looking for people to rescue on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A neighborhood is flooded in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A truck drives thorough a flooded street in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

People float on a raft in a flooded street in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A home near Friendswood, Texas, pumps out flood waters on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A water slide is surrounded by flood waters in Texas on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A neighborhood is flooded in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Areas in and around Houston were flooded on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Areas in and around Houston were flooded on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Areas in and around Houston were flooded on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Cars drive through flooded roads in Santa Fe, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Cows make their way through flood waters near Iowa Colony, Texas, near Highway 288 on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

A man salutes a Nebraska National Guard helicopter while taking a video with his phone near Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Kids take a break from a wet basketball game to wave at a Nebraska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter near Friendswood, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

Livestock heads to the one dry spot they can find in Friendswood, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Hurricane Harvey devastated the area. 

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Nebraska Army National Guard Col. Brian Medcalf is currently serving as chief of staff of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa in Djibouti.

Spc. Micaiah Wooten, left, and Sgt. 1st Class David Wooten, father and son members of the Nebraska National Guard’s 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, are currently deployed together to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

Nebraska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ryan Rodehorst, a religious support non-commissioned officer, plays soccer with a child at Caritas Orphanage, Djibouti, in July. Rodehorst’s civilian job is in information technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Nebraska Army National Guard Master Sgt. Lillie Chambers, left, speaks with women serving in the Djiboutian armed forces and security sector during the inaugural Women in Security Symposium in Djibouti City, Djibouti, in September. 

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