The Louisiana Care 2017 IRT is an Office of Secretary Defense Reserve Affairs (OSD/RA)-sponsored, ANG-led, Multi-Service/Component training event coordinated with the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and civil authorities in three Louisiana Parishes: Assumption, Tangipahoa and St. John. Through this joint training mission, members are able to better community relations while providing medical, dental, and optometry services.
Colonel John Castillo and Command Chief Master Sgt. Brad Chambers, 150th Special Operations Wing leadership, dropped by for a visit to see how the medical Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission was going and to say hello to the military members from his wing as well as the other multi-service members.
Governor John Bel Edwards,from the great state of Louisiana, came by East St. John High school to see first hand how the Louisiana Care 2017 Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission is helping the people of this state.