Disaster Response

La. National Guard, citizens prepare for hurricane season

By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – As the start of hurricane season is upon us once again, the Louisiana National Guard is reassuring its fellow citizens that they have been preparing for the worst by training at their best all year round, most recently during

La. National Guard, citizens prepare for hurricane season Read More »

La. Guard trains on disaster distribution capabilities

By Sgt. 1st Class Paul Meeker 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment COVINGTON, La.– Members of the LANG’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Company, 225 Engineer Brigade, directed, supplied and staffed a Point of Distribution site at the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds during a Commodities Distribution Exercise, May 19. According to 1st Lt. Jesse Nelson and Staff Sgt.

La. Guard trains on disaster distribution capabilities Read More »

LANG special disaster team completes training for certification by DoD

By Sgt. Rashawn D. Price 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – After more than 198,000 hours of training, Louisiana National Guardsmen in the state’s special disaster response team completed the final evaluation exercise to be certified by the Department of Defense at the Camp Beauregard Range Complex in Pineville, April 16-20. The LANG’s

LANG special disaster team completes training for certification by DoD Read More »

La. Guard participates in disaster response exercise

By Spc. Rashawn Price and Spc. Tarell Bilbo 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard participated in the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness two training exercises to test disaster response capabilities of several state, local and federal agencies at the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish

La. Guard participates in disaster response exercise Read More »