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Louisiana National Guard
BATON ROUGE, La. – "Our Guardsmen have proven once again that they are the finest Soldiers and Airmen in America," said Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, Louisiana adjutant general. "They are truly remarkable, working every day to assist their fellow citizens, even though in many cases their own homes were flooded or damaged, and their own families evacuated."
On Sept. 14, 2008, National Guardsmen rescued 50 citizens during Search and Rescue operations and thus far have rescued more than 330 citizens in need by high water vehicle, boat or helicopter.
The Louisiana National Guard's primary missions are saving lives, security for citizens, humanitarian relief, which is logistics support, and engineer support, which is clearing roads and debris removal.
Currently, there are more than 9,400 Guardsmen in support of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav operations. Full mobilization of the Louisiana National Guard's 7,000 Guardsmen and more than 2,400 Guardsmen from seven other states remain committed to supporting emergency operations.
As the Louisiana National Guard winds down an aggressive 36-hour Search and Rescue Operation with aviation missions south of Jennings and boat missions to Hackberry, Cameron Parish, being the focus of the mission, they transition their efforts to commodity distribution, security, engineer assessments and support to local governments.
Additionally, LANG supported the Corps of Engineers by conducting aerial inspections of locks and control structures across Louisiana's coastline. After an early assessment, two National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopters air-dropped more than 200 sandbags weighing 3,000 pounds each, to protect a pumping station in Chauvin, La.
Also today, National Guardsmen cleared more than 48 miles of roadways and hauled more than 1,800 cubic yards of debris, totaling more than 4,200 miles of cleared roadways and 19,000 cubic yards of debris from Hurricane's Gustav and Ike.
To date the Louisiana National Guard has distributed over 11 million meals ready-to-eat, 12 million pounds of ice and 14 million bottles of water.
| Date Taken: | 09.14.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 09.14.2008 23:34 |
| Story ID: | 23645 |
| Location: | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, US |
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