Army Staff Sgt. James P. Cropley operates a bull dozer and dumps a load of sand in the back of a truck to help build protective flood barriers in support of Operation Winter River Flooding in Krotz Springs, La., Jan. 8, 2016. Cropley is a wheeled-vehicle mechanic assigned to the Louisiana National Guard’s 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Louisiana Army National Guard photo by Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo