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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.