Team Offutt members pack sand into a temporary retaining wall designed to guard against flood water that could enter the radome area of the strategic communications, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 15, 2011. Team Offutt members are taking precautionary measures to ensure the mission will not be affected if the levees for the neighboring Missouri River were to fail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Barns, from the 55th Strategic Communications Squadron, packs down sand to create a temporary wall surrounding the radomes at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 15, 2011. Team Offutt members are taking precautionary measures to ensure the mission will not be affected if the levee for the neighboring Missouri River were to fail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Keith Hilliard from the 97th Intelligence Squadron tosses another sand bag onto the pile at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 15, 2011. Volunteers from Team Offutt are filling sand bags to build walls around structures that could be affected by the Missouri River floodwaters if the levee were to fail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Beil and Airman 1st Class Mathew Koveleskie from the 20th Intelligence Squadron, fill sand bags at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 15, 2011. Team Offutt members take precautionary measures to ensure the mission will not be affected by the Missouri River floodwaters if the levee were to fail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/released)
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Garry Suvill from the 55th Force Support Squadron directs traffic as a forklift tops off a semi full of crated sand bags to be distributed around Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as part of a massive effort to protect the wing’s assets, June 15, 2011. Team Offutt members are taking precautionary measures to ensure the mission will not be affected if the levees for the neighboring Missouri River were to fail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released)
U.S. Airmen chisel away at a mountain of sand sitting in the center of the 97th Intelligence Squadron parking lot at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 15, 2011. Team Offutt members from several squadrons shoveled, bagged and distributed sand around the base in order to protect the wing’s assets and ensure the mission will not be affected if the levees for the neighboring Missouri River were to fail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released)