OK, the pics are up of Operation Firestorm 2007. Warning: They are pretty boring to those who did not participate, but none the less here they are. This is not all of them mind you, just the ones that mean anything.
To recap what we did: The California National Guard was called up to augment local law enforcement. We provided patrols of evacuated neighborhoods as well as help enforce road closures and towards the end, keep border jumpers from looting border towns that were evacuated. My troop (company in non-cavalry speak) ran the operations center where we coordinated the movement and missions of the other troops in our squadron (battalion in non-cavalry speak). There is a picture of our map board that has blue stickies that show where units are at. This picture was taken towards the end of the operations which is why they are so close together. At one time in the middle of all this, there were blue stickies all over the board. We also provided security for FEMA as well as the Red Cross to ensure order. Overall the mission was a great success and as someone on this list pointed out, it showcases how people can come together united in a common goal and be successful. Also, it is important to note that we had about five soldiers who lost their homes in these fires, but rather than go back to their burned homes and try to salvage what they could, the chose to stay with their respective units and finish the job they started. These men and women should be commended for their unselfishness and willingness to help others when clearly they were in need of help themselves. I take my hat off to them. Link below to pics. http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb97/bsorge/Firestorm%202007/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
