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Florida Guard Prepares for Potential Hurricane Relief Mission
September 4, 2008
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, make their way past a makeshift tow truck in a high-water vehicle as they search flooded roads and properties for people needing assistance or evacuation. The Florida National Guard assisted civilian agencies with nearly 500 Soldiers and Airmen supporting logistical operations and high-water vehicle rescues across central and northern Florida after Tropical Storm Fay struck in late August.
Commander praises Gustav preparations, response
September 4, 2008
Brig. Gen. Glenn Curtis, standing, commander of Joint Task Force Pelican, briefs Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of U.S. Northern Command, on the status of National Guard assets supporting Hurricane Gustav recovery efforts Sept. 3. JTF Pelican headquarters are located in Carsville, La.
Rescue squadrons provide support for Hurricane Gustav
September 4, 2008
Crewmembers from the 55th Rescue Squadron perform preflight checks on a HH-60 Pave Low Sept. 3 at Ellington Field, Texas. The squadron deployed from Davis-Mothan Air Force Base, Ariz., to Ellington Field in response to Hurricane Gustav with less than 24 hours after notification.
Mullen praises Guard response to Hurricane Gustav
September 3, 2008
Mississippi Guard Responds to Hurricane Gustav
September 3, 2008
Military ready to support Hurricane Gustav relief effort
September 3, 2008
Mississippi Guardsmen Provide Aid to Gulfport Residents
September 3, 2008
Mississippi Army National Guardsmen load up a vehicle with bottled water and ice for a Gulfport, Miss., resident Sept. 2, 2008, just outside the city. Citizens began returning home after Hurricane Gustav caused most of the region to evacuate to safer areas.
Hurricane relief efforts underway
September 3, 2008
Frances Boudoin sits on a chair on the flight line at the former Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 30 as she awaits transportation to a shelter. The Texas Air National Guard C-130 brought 23 evacuees from Beaumont, Texas, to San Antonio before Hurricane Gustav reached the Gulf Coast. Members from the 37th Training Wing and 59th Medical Wing at Lackland AFB, Texas, and from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve help in the hurricane relief efforts as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. The Port of San Antonio on Kelly AFB is the staging base for FEMA Region 6.
Hurricane's displaced assisted at Kentucky Air Guard Base
September 3, 2008
A group of displaced citizens from New Orleans board a bus at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville Aug. 30 for transportation to a Red Cross Shelter. The flight's 178 displaced arrived at the Kentucky Air Guard Base aboard a commercial airliner.
Texas Guard evacuates patients to Lackland AFB
September 3, 2008
Joint eradication teams trim "grass" production in state
September 3, 2008
Arkansas Guard members help State Police remove marijuana plants from a Guard helicopter during a recent eradication mission in support of the National Guard's Counterdrug Program.
528th Engineer Battalion provides security for Calcasieu
September 2, 2008
Conversation in Diner Solidifies Texas Gustav Support
September 2, 2008
Bush Praises Cooperation in Hurricane Response
September 2, 2008
President George W. Bush personally thanks Airman of the Texas Air National Guard 149th Fighter Wing and the 59th Medical Wing for their volunteer efforts in processing over 700 evacuees displaced due to Hurricane Gustav Sept.1 at Port San Antonio, Texas.
Mississippi BCT conducts 'knock' mission along state's coast
September 2, 2008
Specialist Robert Wilson, of Pontotoc Miss., leaves a flyer on a FEMA travel trailer in Gulfport during notification operations in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Gustav. Wilson is a member of the Pontotoc-based A Troop, 1st Battalion, 98th Cavalry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard. More than 2,500 members of the Mississippi National Guard are on state active duty, assisting civil authorities in preparing the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Mississippi Guard unit helps with Hurricane Gustav preparations
September 2, 2008
Army National Guard Sgt Thomas Brown, right, and Staff Sgt Cory Brown, notify mobile home resident Charlotte Wright about a mandatory evacuation order in Gulfport, Miss. Aug. 31. All Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer residents in Gulfport are under a mandatory evacuation order in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav making landfall. Both guardsmen are from A Troop, 1-98 Cavalry Regiment, Pontotoc, Miss.
National Guard Emergency Operations Ready
September 2, 2008
Lt. Col. Philip Parker of Summit, Miss., and Lt. Col. Charles Rhoads of Byram, Miss., monitor information for the Rear Emergency Operations Center, which kept track of the various missions conducted by the Mississippi National Guard on the Gulf Coast prior to landfall of Hurricane Gustav on Sept. 1.
Guard Aids New Orleans Evacuation, Braces for Storm Mission
September 2, 2008
Members of the Louisiana Air National Guard medical team assist a special-needs resident at the Union Passenger Terminal Station in New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2008, as she prepares to be evacuated prior to the arrival of Hurricane Gustav.
Chertoff: Guard vital to hurricane relief efforts
September 2, 2008
Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal, in red shirt, and Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, talk to crew members from the 118th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of Nashville, Tenn. He thanked the crew for its rapid response and support to Hurricane Gustav. The crew operated from the New Orleans Lakefront Airport beginning on Aug. 31.
20th Special Forces Group rescues stranded residents
September 2, 2008
Members of the 20th Special Forces Group of the Mississippi Army National Guard launched rubber boats fitted with outboard motors to rescue residents of the flooded Jordan River Shores subdivision in Kiln, Miss., on Sept. 1. Six teams from the Jackson, Miss., based unit searched for anyone who remained in the subdivision, which flooded as a result of a tidal surge from Hurricane Gustav.