By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard, Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen stand ready while moving quickly as they train to perform search and rescue missions in the event citizens need assistance as flood waters from the swollen Mississippi River rise. The 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 205th Engineer Battalion has approximately […]

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guards 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment laid Tiger Dam flood-control tubing near an elementary school in Houma to help protect homes and schools from possible backwater flooding due to the opening of the Morganza Spillway, May 17.

Louisiana Guard engineers search miles of levee on foot Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office VIDALIA, La. – More than 25 Louisiana National Guard members from the 769th Engineer Battalion have spent the last nine days walking portions of the 72-miles of levee that protect Concordia Parish residents from the brimming Mississippi River

By Sgt. Robin Carpenter Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. – Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guards 528th Engineer Battalion continue to patrol levees in East Carroll Parish and assist parish officials with emergency planning as the Mississippi River continues to rise, May 13. The Guardsmen drive Humvees along the levees,

By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen continued to assist state and parish officials with building levees and providing traffic security as the Morganza Spillway was opened to relieve pressure from the swollen Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, May 14. Louisiana Guardsmen have