{"id":45033,"date":"2019-04-03T20:46:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T20:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/03\/national-guard-repairing-its-main-nebraska-training-site-after-historic-flooding\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:35:28","slug":"national-guard-repairing-its-main-nebraska-training-site-after-historic-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/04\/03\/national-guard-repairing-its-main-nebraska-training-site-after-historic-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard repairing its main Nebraska training site after historic flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ASHLAND, Neb. \u2014 The Nebraska National Guard<\/a> is working to repair its main training site, which was heavily damaged by last month\u2019s flooding<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water surged into classrooms, barracks and offices at Camp Ashland after the Platte River knocked down a levee, causing water damage to 51 of its 62 buildings, the Omaha World-Herald<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It had to be a lot of force. Just incredible,” said Col. Shane Martin, the Nebraska Guard’s construction and facilities-management officer. “It’s not just a breach in the levee. It’s a dramatic erosion of the land underneath.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flooding is worse than anything the camp has experienced in the last century, Martin said. The camp also saw serious flooding in May 2015, and officials spent $3.7 million in reconstruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s historic on all levels,” Martin said. “We can’t have foreseen these old levees that were built years and years ago would fail.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Standing water reflects a wall’s windows as Nebraska Army National Guard Maj. Ray Phillips stands in the entry of Memorial Hall at the Nebraska National Guard’s primary training base, Camp Ashland, on Thursday, March 28, 2019, near Ashland, Neb. (Ryan Soderlin\/Omaha World-Herald via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Guard has cleared roads, hauled away debris and is working to clean and dry the buildings as quickly as possible to avoid mold issues, Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re going to have a whole bunch of soldier labor and hopefully salvage everything we can,” Martin said. “If we can clean it, we will.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t