News & Stories
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Operations
Team Rubicon Launches Wisconsin Tornado Recovery Operation
August 3, 2026
Disaster relief volunteers are deploying to Appleton to help homeowners recover after powerful tornadoes and severe storms caused widespread damage across eastern Wisconsin.
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Partnership in Action
Disaster Preparedness Exercises Bring Big Wins to Small Communities
December 18, 2023
New no-cost trainings are bolstering disaster management capabilities within at-risk communities and providing them the ability to plan for future crises on their own.
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Reflection
A Veteran Uses Lessons from Afghanistan to Lend a Hand in Wisconsin
November 9, 2021
After a tour in Logar Province liaising between Special Forces and local citizens, one Greyshirt is giving back to Afghans on U.S. soil.
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Feature Story
Daisy Troop Gives Big to Afghan Refugees
October 15, 2021
A troop of first-grade Girl Scouts raises funds to buy clothes for Afghans being resettled in Wisconsin.
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Veterans to Help Resettle Displaced Afghans
August 28, 2021
As refugees begin arriving in the U.S., veterans of the war in Afghanistan are ready to return some lifesaving favors.
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Feature Story
Weather Bullies US Cities, but Not Vaccination Volunteers
February 19, 2021
Greyshirts from Texas to Wisconsin braved bitter cold and wild weather this week to get shots done.
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Feature Story
Winter Storm Ulmer: A low-attention, slow-moving disaster with severe impacts
March 22, 2019
How, and why, devastating floods impact the Midwest but may not be get the media attention they deserve.
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Feature Story
Responding to Winter Storm Ulmer & in Mozambique
March 20, 2019
The National Weather Service called the flooding by last week’s Winter Storm Ulmer, a bomb cyclone, “historic” and they and the United States Geological Services…
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Reflection
Receiving Flood Assistance from My Fellow Greyshirts
August 17, 2017
Air Force veteran and Team Rubicon volunteer Steven Landt was humbled when fellow Greyshirts showed up to help him and his family recover from devastating flood damage.
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Reflection
Miss Marianne Shows Team Rubicon Some Midwest Hospitality
August 11, 2017
Volunteers with Team Rubicon were humbled to serve Marianne Wormley of McHenry, IL, in the wake of unprecedented flooding.
