Courtesy Story | Louisiana National Guard | 08.28.2025
NEW ORLEANS – This fall, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, commemorates the 20th anniversary of its redeployment from Iraq in September 2005, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita....
Story by Clifford Davis | Naval History and Heritage Command | 12.05.2023
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Recognizing a gap in the modern literature of the U.S. Navy regarding the importance of humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) operations, one Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) historian fills the void with his latest publication "A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century."...
Story by Dr. Joseph Frechette, Ph.D. | Air Force Medical Service | 09.15.2021
The Air Force Medical Service played a significant role in the federal response to the devastation wrecked upon the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 and her successor, Rita, three weeks later....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry | Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs | 10.30.2020
15 YEARS LATER - Hurricane Katrina Story by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry Courtesy Photos
Story by Master Sgt. John Hughel | Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office | 09.08.2020
A look back at the Oregon National Guard response and rescue operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita in the Gulf of Mexico region during August and September of 2005....
Story by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 07.14.2019
COLUMBIA, Miss. – Hurricane Barry was moving inland on July 13, 2019, as Soldiers and civilians gathered to celebrate the reopening of the Columbia Army National Guard Readiness Center, which had been destroyed nearly five years earlier by a tornado and 14 years ago by Hurricane Katrina....
Story by Staff Sgt. Teresa Gallagher | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 11.21.2017
On Sept. 20, 2017, Iker Urruchi was on a ship off the coast of Seattle, constantly checking for news updates on his phone when he could get a signal. Hurricane Maria had just made landfall on his hometown of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and the boatswain’s mate was trying to discover what was happening to his family....
Story by Sgt. Audrey Hayes | 200th Military Police Command | 07.22.2017
Capt. Doug Daspit, received the Chaplain of the Year award during the Reserve Officers Association National Convention, which took place in Crystal City, Virginia, on July 22, for his service to Soldiers and their families during the 2016 floods in Louisiana....
