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Louisiana Guard builds temp wharf for oil boom distrib
DVIDS Story by Sgt. Michael Owens The Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion constructed an improved ribbon bridge, May 6, in St. Bernard Parish to be used in support of operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. About 50 members of the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, based in Marrero, La., built the 300-foot temporary wharf near the Frank “Blackie” Campo Marina in Shell Beach, La., so that oil booms can easily be picked up … Read entire article »
Louisiana Guard Engineers Fill in Breach
DVIDS By Pfc. Tarell J. Bilbo Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, bulldozed sand to close the gap between two peninsulas near Grand Isle, La., May 7. The 922nd, based in Gonzales, La., aims to fill the 700 foot strait with an 80-foot wide berth of land as a secondary line of defense if any oil makes it past the boom line in the Gulf of Mexico. “Our short term mission … Read entire article »
Our Best: Sisters in the Louisiana Army National Guard
On leave from a deployment in Kuwait, Louisiana Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Crystal A. Huff welcomed her sister Mindy M. Donnelly into the National Guard by administering the oath of enlistment during a swearing-in ceremony at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Shreveport, La., Sept. 30. “The Guard is like a family to me,” said Huff, a member of the 204th Theater Aviation Operations Group. “I met my husband in the military and now have … Read entire article »
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