N.Y. Army Guard helps Mohawk Valley rebuild, recover from July flash floods (The United States Army)

(Source: The United States Army) GERMAN FLATTS, N.Y. (July 9, 2013) -- Hands on or treads on, New York Army National Guard troops of Task Force Engineer battled Mohawk Valley, N.Y., flood damage for several days in early July. Using bulldozers, excavators, and just plain muscle, about 250 troops cleared tons of rocky debris from flood-ravaged waterways in the New York towns of German Flatts and Fort Plain, and helped Village of Mohawk residents remove rotting, muddy, and sodden property from their homes. By July 8, the Soldiers had restored 2,500 feet of Fords Creek, and a mile of Fulmer Creek in German Flatts, and hauled 1,650 cubic yards of debris from Otsquago Creek in Fort Plain, while...