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members of the Oklahoma National Guard

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departed for Louisiana today in support

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of Hurricane IDa relief efforts .

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Louisiana National Guard pushing

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assistance from Oklahoma National Guard .

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The task force , currently consisting

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of approximately 200 soldiers and

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airmen , is expected to assist in

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general support operations , including

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distribution of supplies , route debris

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clearance , security and levee

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reinforcement . It's pretty

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conferencing to know that we still got

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young men and young women . They're

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going to answer this call and go do

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what our nation needs us to do . This

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isn't the first hurricane relief

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mission for some . As the Oklahoma

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National Guard responded to Hurricane

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Harvey in 2017 and Hurricane Katrina in

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2005 . With that experience , guardsmen

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who are on ground during Katrina relief

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efforts 16 years ago are now in

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leadership positions overseeing the

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operation today . It gives us some

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interesting insight into the challenges

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that the soldiers will face moving into

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an area that has been storm ravaged .

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And then you add that to the experience

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in logistics over the last 16 years and

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the lessons we've learned with other

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missions like Hurricane Harvey and

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applying those lessons is going to make

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us more effective so we can take care

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of the soldiers that are going today

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reporting for the Oklahoma National