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Video by Sgt. Jason Beal, Staff Sgt. Michelle Halpin

California Deploys National Guard in Katrina's Wake

69th Public Affairs Detachment

Sept. 18, 2005 | 2:39

Package story produced in September 2005 about the California National Guard sending troops to New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina's wake. Features footage of relief operations conducted in and around Orleans Parish and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, September 4-13, 2005. Also features first-ever deployment of the IC4U (Incident Commander's Command, Control, and Communications Unit). Soundbites: 1) California Joint Task Force Commander, Army COL Scott Johnson; 2) California Joint Task Force Deputy Commander, Air Force Lt Col David Hawkins; 3) Commander, Task Force Belle Chasse, Army BG Hunt Downer, Louisiana National Guard.