Like the all the areas in the neighborhoods around Carolina Avenue, the National Guard Armory did not escape flooding Saturday.
While the floodwaters were high, they never entered the armory of B Company, Third Battalion of the 20th Special Forces, CW 4 James B. Herring said this morning.
The waters, however, left four vehicles owned by deployed soldiers flooded and two government vehicles flooded.
Floodwaters left this box on its side.
Large metal containers floated in the waters and plastic strong boxes inside them, mainly containing uniforms and gear, were flooded Herring said.
Uniforms hung on security fences to dry while other gear was left to dry on the pavement in an enclosed area.
The armory received help righting the metal supply boxes from a nearby truss company and the city, which both brought forklifts. “We’re thankful to have the city and the truss facility help us,” Herring said.
Fatigues and other belongings drying out.
The waters left numerous paper targets damp and one soldier was working on the armory’s lawnmowers to see if they could be restarted. “All the lawn mowers got flooded,” Herring said. “Those may be the only things besides the two vehicles we’ll have to replace.”
Soldiers from the 5th and 113th Regiment in Louisburg came to help Herring this morning. “We’re on the same team,” one soldier said when asked what it meant to help a fellow armory out.
