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Louisiana Air National Guard provides command coordination to first responders

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By Airman 1st Class Dane St. Pe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office VIDOR, Texas – The Louisiana Air National Guard provided coordination and communication support for military units, law enforcement, volunteer search and rescue teams and other first responders during the flood evacuation efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Vidor, Texas, Sept […]

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La. Guard delivers critically needed nurses, supplies to Texas

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By Capt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Black hawks brought a special delivery of critically needed medical supplies, blood and labor and delivery nurses for two hospitals in hurricane ravaged Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 30. The extensive flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey crippled the supply

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122nd ASOS provides vital support for air search and rescue

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By Capt. Larissa Lambert, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office SULPHUR, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, headquartered in Pineville, mobilized two Joint Tactical Air Controller teams to Southland Field in Sulphur to assist with air search and rescue missions in response to Hurricane Harvey, Aug 30. They act

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Providing shelter, security for our neighbors

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By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, at the direction of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, continues to assist local and federal agencies in response to flooding in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana caused by Hurricane Harvey. The

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La. Guard helps evacuate Texans from flood waters

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By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, at the direction of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, is working with the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marines Reserves, Louisiana State Police and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to rescue

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La. Guardsmen assist with overnight search and rescue

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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rescued more than 100 citizens overnight in central Lake Charles, Aug 28. Altogether, 3-156th assisted the Lake Charles Fire Department, Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s Office and the Department of

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