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Yanks and Allies Help Haitians
Colombian, Canadian and American military medical and dental professionals treated more than 2,200 Haitian patients during a New Horizons medical and dental training exercise June 14 at Hospital Saint Pierre de Grande Desdunes, near La Hatte, Haiti. Task Force Bon Voizen, New Horizons Haiti 2011, a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, U.S. Army South conducted, combined humanitarian exercise under the command of the Louisiana National Guard, provides an opportunity for real-world training while providing humanitarian assistance at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Military
National Guard responds to disasters
By Army Sgt. Darron Salzer National Guard Bureau In the aftermath of severe storms that have brought devastating tornadoes to areas of Missouri and Massachusetts and major flooding across the Midwest and other parts of the U.S., the number of Citizen-Soldiers who are answering the call for help has risen to about 5,000. Guard members are performing domestic operations for flood relief support in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Vermont and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
National Guard Continues Haiti Aid
For the second time in under a year, Louisiana National Guard troops are heading up a joint humanitarian training exercise involving National Guard units from several states, active duty Army, the Army Reserve, Air Force, Marines Corps and partner-nation participants from Belize, Canada, and Colombia. One goal of the exercise, dubbed Task Force Bon Voizen or “Good Neighbor” is to construct a three-room school in the impoverished region of Upper Poteau, located in Artibonite Department, roughly … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Military
United States military continues Haiti aid mission
Task Force Kout Men moved into northern Haiti in mid June. Over 500 members of the United States military, the National Guard, Reserves and the regulars, will be working in and around the city of Gonaives. The base camp is in the village of Mandrin. The task force is headed by the Louisiana National Guard who chose the Creole name, which means “Helping Hands”. The exercise is titled “New Horizons – Haiti 2010″ and the men … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military, Original writing, Reporting
Reinforcing Oil Protection Near Grand Isle and Port Fourchon
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, are reinforcing oil protection structures along the coasts of Grand Isle and Port Fourchon, La., July 9. In May, soldiers with the 769th Engineer Battalion, 225th Eng. Bde., built a 2,000 foot rock wall several feet high to serve as a barrier against oil encroaching on the marshlands. The Guardsmen from the 527th Eng. Bn. are now adding an additional 500 feet to the … Read entire article »
LA National Guard floats to work every day
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, have been performing transport duties off the coast of Louisiana near Grand Isle, La., and the Grand Terre Islands to assist civilian workers with the oil clean-up effort along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. For the past two weeks, the 25-member team has been using portions of an improved ribbon bridge to make a five-panel raft with ramps on each end to transport civilian personnel, … Read entire article »
LA National Guard Builds Barriers in Cameron Parish
Despite adverse weather brought in by Hurricane Alex earlier this week, Louisiana National Guard soldiers from the 225th Engineer Brigade continue to emplace and repair Hesco barriers along the coast in Cameron Parish, La. The crew finished a two-and-a-half mile stretch of protective wall along the lowest portions of Highway 82 between the Cameron ferry and Holly Beach just 24 hours before Hurricane Alex hit the Gulf Coast. “Every time the tide rises more than two feet … Read entire article »
ND Guard finishes Haiti mission
Soldiers working in Haiti returned home yesterday after spending more than three weeks there on a humanitarian mission. The Soldiers, who serve with the 191st Military Police Company, left May 19 to take part in the U.S. Southern Command’s New Horizons mission. “The North Dakota National Guard does an outstanding job of serving our state and nation, and these Soldiers have proven that the Guard’s dedication and preparedness extends far beyond the borders of North Dakota,†… Read entire article »
HESCO barriers go up in oil soaked Louisiana
Members of the 527th and 769th Engineer Battalions of the Louisiana National Guard began constructing a barrier wall, May 21, along the coast of Port Fourchon, La., in an effort to keep oil-tainted water from reaching Bay Champagne, a coastal lake critical to Louisiana’s fishing industry. “The units arrived around 7 a.m., and we immediately began doing everything we could to get this project started,” said Capt. Jeffrey L. Giering of Watson, La., commander of the … Read entire article »
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