[Vision2020] RE: Phil's Fact Checker?

[Phil Nisbet]

And then there are times when it might be nice to have somebody to check 
facts.

Just as an example, I made a grave error in some of my postings suggesting 
that there was one battalion of Engineers in the Louisiana National Giuard.  
I would like to appoloigize to the list for that error.

There is not one Battalion of Engineers in the Louisiana National Guard, 
there are four Battalions of Engineers in the Louisiana National Guard and 
they form the 225th Engineering Group which is about a brigade in size.  And 
even though the Governor for the State of Louisiana had a brigade worth of 
people with all the heavy equipment that is able to repair or sustain and 
keep levies from breaking, she did not call any of the members of the 225th 
Engineering Group to come to duty until 7 am on the morning the levees 
broke, which means that they woud take two to four days to gather their gear 
and respond.  She has not yet called all the battalions of the 225th Group 
to active duty, leaving the bulk of their Cats and loaders and dump trucks 
and backhoes and excavators and other construction equipment idle.

The group's various units did serve in Iraq, but in 2004.  If in 2005 they 
had been serving there, the kinds of equipment that Louisiana needs for 
disaster relief would not have been in state.  
http://www.la.ngb.army.mil/225th/index.htm

"Our state mission is to provide personnel and equipment in support of the 
Governor, State of Louisiana, to safeguard life and property during disaster 
and emergency operations.  Additionally, the Engineer Group provides 
assistance to the community through community assistance programs and 
community actions projects."

Phil Nisbet

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