{"id":21719,"date":"2022-04-10T15:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/10\/north-dakota-guard-soldiers-recognized-for-border-rescue\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:02:04","slug":"north-dakota-guard-soldiers-recognized-for-border-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/04\/10\/north-dakota-guard-soldiers-recognized-for-border-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Guard soldiers recognized for border rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BISMARCK, N.D. \u2014 Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2015\/12\/14\/new-commander-takes-reins-of-north-dakota-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Dakota Army National Guard<\/a> soldiers are being recognized for saving migrants from drowning at the southern border of the United States last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spc. 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Gracin Clem, of Dickinson, were conducting surveillance for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/04\/07\/dod-is-sending-more-support-to-the-mexico-border-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> on March 22 when they observed five migrants attempting to cross the Rio Grande River, the National Guard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/03\/24\/border-mission-should-be-a-homeland-security-job-says-head-of-northern-command\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4926087.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Border mission should be a Homeland Security job, says head of Northern Command<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Customs and Border Protection shouldn&#039;t use troops as a back-up forever, NORTHCOM boss said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The migrants were halfway across the river but struggled to stay above water due to strong currents and high winds. 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