The National Guard's Finest Hour

From: Soldiers | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Haskell, Bob | Copyright information

"THIS was our finest hour," LTG H. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told people across America after the Guard's initial response to Hurricane Katrina in September.

Based on how well the National Guard performed during the worst natural disaster of America's worst hurricane season, no one in the National Guard's official hierarchy doubts that the Guard could step up and do it again.

Katrina was much more than another hurricane for the National Guard. It was a cau...

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