South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers and civilian rescuers of the Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) perform search assistance operations in support of the combined emergency-response efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's landfall, outskirt of Liberty, Texas, Sept. 1, 2017. The SC-HART program provides hoist rescue capabilities over water or mountainous terrain; each team consists of a UH-60 Black Hawk Army helicopter—or a LUH 72A Lakota--with a crew of four Soldiers and one-to-three civilian rescue-swimmers. It’s a joint program between the State Urban Search and R
South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers and civilian rescuers of the Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) perform search assistance operations in support of the combined emergency-response efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's landfall, outskirt of Liberty, Texas, Sept. 1, 2017. The SC-HART program provides hoist rescue capabilities over water or mountainous terrain; each team consists of a UH-60 Black Hawk Army helicopter—or a LUH 72A Lakota--with a crew of four Soldiers and one-to-three civilian rescue-swimmers. It’s a joint program between the State Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (SC-TF1)--Office of the State Fire Marshal, Emergency Management Division--and the Army National Guard. ( Army National Guard photo courtesy of SC-HART)
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