Iraq Duty Slowed Storm Response, Officials Say ; Guard Units Were Needed
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › September 12, 2005
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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday.
Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that "arguably" a day, at most, of response time was lost because of the absence of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq.See the full content of this document
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Iraq Duty Slowed Storm Response, Officials Say ; Guard Units Were Needed
"Had that brigade been at home and not in Iraq, their expertise and capabilities could have been brought to bear," Blum said.
Blum said that t...See the full content of this document
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