Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Hicklin, a heavy equipment operator assigned to the 172nd Engineer Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, operates a two-and-a-half yard scoop loader to load an M916 tractor truck with fill dirt in Walterboro, , during the Vigilant Guard South Carolina exercise March 7, 2015. The fill dirt will be used to reinforce roads connecting Bear Island to the mainland for hurricane destruction prevention. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency managem


Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Hicklin, a heavy equipment operator assigned to the 172nd Engineer Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, operates a two-and-a-half yard scoop loader to load an M916 tractor truck with fill dirt in Walterboro, , during the Vigilant Guard South Carolina exercise March 7, 2015. The fill dirt will be used to reinforce roads connecting Bear Island to the mainland for hurricane destruction prevention. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. ( Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek/Released) Vigilant Guard 2015, South Carolina 150307-Z-AS099-006


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