Louisiana National Guard troops watch Katrina from Iraq

[expatriot]

Louisiana National Guard troops watch Katrina from Iraq

More than 3,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Brigade serving in Iraq can only watch from Baghdad as Hurricane Katrina bears down on their families and homes in New Orleans and the other south Louisiana communities from which they hail. The deployed soldiers and their equipment, which includes high water vehicles, Humvees and generators, will be sorely missed as Louisiana attempts to prepare for and recover from the historic Category Five storm.

[fooj]

1. Geez.......bet they lovin' Shrub right about now!

:grr:

[Pachamama]

2. Bet they are thinking: "Why the f*ck are we here when we should be home

...protecting our fellow citizens and caring for them"...

:grr:

[me b zola]

5. Helping their own family & friends

I can't imagine how they are worried for them.

[Hissyspit]

3. Bumblebee posted: "3K are in Iraq and 1.5K on hand"

in previous thread.

[pnorman]

6. I'm still trying to get a handle on the numbers.

Their webpage (http://www.la.ngb.army.mil/About_Us.htm) says over 11,000. I don't fully understand how they're set up. Is the greater bulk of them relatively untrained "weekend warriors", with the rest trained well enough to be sent to a war zone? (or to a civil emergency?)

pnorman

[KamaAina]

4. Words fail me.

And it's a good thing, too, else DU would be facing fines equivalent to the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" -- and then some. :grr: :argh: :banghead: :nuke: