Chief of Staff of the Army, GEN Martin E. Dempsey takes a New Orleans-area helicopter tour of the engorged Mississippi River and its levee system. GEN Dempsey visited the Soldiers of the National Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers May 21 as they work to reinforce levees, divert flood waters, and assist evacuees along the Mississippi. Army Myles Cullen For more news and information from the Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, visit .

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