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After Ida: La. Guardsmen assist with recovery, rebuilding
September 13, 2021
The 159th Medical Group Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package sets up mobile medical stations at the Terrebonne General Health System in Houma to augment a badly damaged hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Sept. 6, 2021.
Army fields final unit with disaster response comms kit
September 10, 2021
Soldiers from the New Jersey Army National Guard 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team use a radio bridging voice cross-banding system that is part of the Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) tool suite, on Aug. 20, 2021, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Alaska National Guard helps with Louisiana hurricane relief
September 9, 2021
Sgt. Joemicheal Cristobal, Spc. Osias Passi, and Spc. Brennon Westfall, members of the Alaska Army National Guard and Task Force-Alaska, log trailer and driver information at a transportation yard in Roseland, Louisiana, Sept. 7, 2021. They are among 17 Alaska Guardsmen assisting the Louisiana National Guard and civil authorities in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
Thank your troops, Louisiana leaders tell National Guard chief
September 7, 2021
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, talks with community leaders during a visit to assess the Hurricane Ida response and thank troops in New Orleans Sept. 7, 2021. This image was acquired using a cellular device.
Guard fights wildfires, responds to Ida, serves overseas
September 7, 2021
Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 922nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company helped rescue 135 people and four dogs in the flooded community of LaPlace, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in south Louisiana Aug. 29, 2021.
Florida Guard’s Red Horse engineers respond to Hurricane Ida
September 7, 2021
Members of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (Red Horse) partnered with the 159th Civil Engineering Squadron and New Orleans Parks and Parkways to clear debris from roads in New Orleans, Sept. 4, 2021. Red Horse, from Camp Blanding, Fla., is a specialized, highly mobile civil engineering team of Florida Army and Air National Guardsmen.
National Guard conducts multiple Hurricane Ida missions
September 7, 2021
While on a high-water boat mission to conduct wellness checks on residents in Maurepas, Louisiana, Spc. Gemini Jack (pictured) and Spc. Jacob Hawkins from the 1020th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, rescued an elderly cancer patient Sept. 1, 2021.
Oklahoma Guard in Louisiana to help with hurricane relief
September 2, 2021
Members of the 138th Fighter Wing depart for Louisiana in support of Hurricane Ida relief efforts, Sept. 2, 2021, at Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Okla. Task Force 90 personnel are expected to help distribute supplies, clear debris from roads and provide security.
Georgia Guard to help Louisiana with hurricane relief
September 2, 2021
A massive convoy of Georgia National Guard personnel and equipment prepares to depart the armory of the 170th Military Police Battalion, 201st Regional Support Group, in Decatur, Georgia, Sept. 1, 2021. Convoys from across the state are moving relief supplies and heavy equipment along with Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen who have honed their expertise at debris removal, transportation and logistics support, security and traffic control during responses to Hurricanes Irma, Michael and Dorian.
National Guard responds in force to Hurricane Ida
September 1, 2021
Louisiana National Guardsmen rescue people in LaPlace, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. More than 6,000 members of the National Guard from more than a dozen states were in Louisiana assisting state and federal partners with relief efforts.
Thousands of National Guard members support hurricane relief
August 31, 2021
The Louisiana National Guard has rescued 359 people and 55 pets either by high-water vehicles, by boats or by air during the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in south Louisiana Aug. 29, 2021, as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds.
Senegal soldiers observe JRTC training in Louisiana
July 23, 2021
Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Vincent explains the use of Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System gear to visiting Senegalese soldiers at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 22, 2021.
LANG conducts tree drop to fight erosion, help wildlife
May 28, 2021
The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, in support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, loads and transports bundles of recycled Christmas trees provided by Orleans Parish residents to rebuild marshland in Bayou Sauvage in New Orleans East May 26, 2021. The trees create new marsh habitats.
Louisiana National Guard responds to flooding
May 26, 2021
Louisiana National Guardsmen worked with local and state officials to combat rising floodwaters throughout the state following multiple days of steady rain since May 18, 2021. Using as many as 79 high-water vehicles and 19 boats, Guardsmen rescued 25 people and two pets in Lake Charles.
Louisiana, Belize State Partnership Program marks 25 years
April 26, 2021
Belize Defence Force members train Louisiana National Guardsmen on constructing a hasty shelter during a jungle-warfare training exercise in Cayo, Belize, July 1, 2014. The training, part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, included jungle navigation, jungle survival, river and obstacle crossing and a culminating battalion-level jungle exercise.
Louisiana Guard trains with partners on disaster response
April 14, 2021
Members of the Louisiana National Guard, participating in the annual disaster response exercise, receive instruction during a boater education course in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at Spanish Lake in New Iberia, Louisiana, April 7, 2021.
Louisiana National Guard helps state respond to winter storm
February 23, 2021
The Louisiana National Guard has been clearing snow and debris from roads in three parishes following a winter storm last week. Guard members also helped Louisiana State Police and transportation officials clear Interstate 20, moving 260 disabled commercial vehicles, Feb. 22, 2021.
Erbil Air Base among 1st in CENTCOM to receive COVID vaccine
January 29, 2021
U.S. Army Col. Scott Desormeaux, brigade commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, Jan.18, 2021. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) received 300 vaccines for the Combined Joint Operations Area, 110 of those were administered at EAB.
National Guard troops head to DC from as far away as Guam
January 17, 2021
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the state board a plane to Washington, D.C., from Alexandria, La., on Jan. 16, 2021. They will support the District of Columbia National Guard and local and federal authorities through the presidential inauguration in the nation's capital.
Louisiana National Guard responded at home, abroad in 2020
December 28, 2020
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen evacuate people in southwest Louisiana before the landfall of Hurricane Laura at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020. Burton Coliseum was used as a transition location to process evacuees and move them to safe locations outside the path of Laura.