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A Florida Army National Guardsman unloads a tractor-trailer with relief supplies for Hurricane Katrina victims. Photo by Spc. Edouard Glouck.
Capt. Jimmy Arias, commander of Hollywood, Fla.-based Company A, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, passes a bag of ice to be loaded at the Homestead-Miami Speedway Point of Distribution for Hurricane Katrina victims. Photo by Spc. Edouard Glouck.
Mississippi Army National Guardsmen load water for Hurricane Katrina victims. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ken Riley.
U.S. military personnel observe and provide security as an Iraqi physician looks through a box of medical supplies outside a clinic here Aug. 25 during Operation Medical Mentoring. U.S. Marines and Iraqi Security Forces visited several local clinics to hand out supplies such as children’s cough suppressants, blood pressure regulating medications, and as many as 100,000 Tylenol tablets. Photo by: Cpl. Mike Escobar
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stacy lee
Thanks for the offer CJ. We got our generator up and running late yesterday afternoon, and our freezer is going to survive now. Thanks to my son’s new crotch rocket motorcycle that he left filled with gasoline, we were able to get generator going.
Hope you have a good weekend CJ. Thanks again for your offer.
Pamela
Excellent photos, CJ! Shows the hard work they are doing and the dedication to our citizens in need.
What a great guy you are!
Pamela
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Kat in GA
great pictures, CJ!!! On the way home from work, there were warnings on the traffic signs over the highway: “EXPECT DELAYS ON I-2O WESTBOUND DUE TO MILITARY CONVOYS.”
For once, I didn’t mind a bit. Of course, I was going EASTbound, but even if I wasn’t and was going the same direction they were, I wouldn’t have cared. Heck, I woulda clapped and cheered as they went by (assuming, of course, that traffic would be at a 100% dead stop…in other words, normal atlanta rush hour, lol).
Anyway, God bless ‘em all… keeping everyone in my prayers, always.
~K
I am so glad to see all the efforts made by our Military and by the every day plain ol’ person such as myself. It sure out does all the bad people. I think the pics are beautiful.
Kat in GA
Looks like things are starting to get organized and moving along better since the military showed up. FoxNews said that the military shoulda been in control from the beginning… as wonderful as FEMA is, a disaster on this large of a scale needed even more than they could do.
~K
Agreed Kat. FEMA should let the Military lead, would be a lot more effective.
dcat
You do the best you can do. Military alway will do things right!
God I love coming here! Thank you!
Hilary
I thought this was something neat. Since the destruction of the hurricane, there have been volunteers there to help…The Red Cross, The Salvation Army, and others. But when the Texas Army National Guard came rolling in, I remember watching on the news about it and it was like, “Oh good. It will be alright, the Army is here.” They had interviews from people who were homeless and they were elated that the Army rolled in. It was like, as one put it, “Things will get better now that the Army is here.” And to sit back and ponder that, it’s true. The Army was able to get supplies through because of the kind of vehicles they have. Anyway, I just thought it was neat that although there were other agencies there helping, things didn’t seem “alright” until the Army rolled in. So it’s nice to see that side of the coin with the Army. That people will see the good that they do. Now hopefully the media will continue to focus on the positive side of the Army being there.
I know that 4th ID and 1st CAV are headed down there. 4th ID are fixing to head back to Iraq at the end of this year and they are heading to New Orleans now before they head off. Also, we have a doctor here that goes to church with us and he’s been sent down there to help. So it’s not just the National Guard that is helping, but the Army as a whole. Awesome I tell ya!
Ronni
The core of your writing while appearing reasonable in the beginning, did not really work well with me personally after some time. Someplace throughout the sentences you actually were able to make me a believer unfortunately just for a while. I still have a problem with your jumps in assumptions and you would do well to fill in all those breaks. If you actually can accomplish that, I would undoubtedly be fascinated.