BATON ROUGE, La.—At the direction of the Governor, the Louisiana National Guard began assisting the city of New Orleans with aerial firefighting in the marshes of the Bayou Sauvage area, Aug. 30. By sunset Tuesday, Guard helicopters dropped more than 116,000 gallons of water over small fires just north of Highway 90 and east of […]
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By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Two additional convoys of Louisiana National Guard trucks hauling 14 additional water trailers and another water tanker arrived in Ferriday to help combat the city’s severe water disruption, Aug. 29-30. The LANG resources, which now total 28 M149 Water Trailers and two
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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Under the authority of Gov. Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana National Guard has forward deployed eight Guardsmen and two UH-60 Blackhawks with hoist capability as part of a National Guard force package, prepared to respond to Hurricane Irene. Staged in South Carolina, the LANG Guardsmen are prepared
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Enhanced response force package one of 17 nationwide Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. Louisiana has a new National Guard resource for immediate emergency mass casualty response that will significantly increase disaster reaction for local, state and federal agencies. The Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive (CBRNE) – Enhanced Response Force Package
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