National Guard begins Joplin mission

Pulaski County Daily News ^ | 5/23/2011 | Maj. Tamara Spicer/Missouri National Guard Public Affairs

[darrellmaurina]

CARTHAGE, Mo. (May 23, 2011) – Immediately after being activated by Gov. Jay Nixon, the Missouri National Guard began tornado relief operations in Joplin. Approximately 140 Guardsmen are assisting in search and rescue missions in support of local authorities, and are expected to conduct a number of missions in the upcoming days including emergency route clearance, communications support, door-to-door safety visits and security. Among those responding are the soldiers of the 117th Engineer Team, of Monett, and 294th Engineer Company, of Carthage and Anderson. Additionally, a Joint Task Force Communications Kit out of Jefferson City is in route to assist local authorities. The troops are part of a task force which is organized under the 203rd Engineer Battalion and is using the Carthage Armory as a power projection platform to stage and deploy troops to Joplin. The Missouri National Guard has a total force of more than 11,500 Guard members who are ready to respond.

[Palladin]

Thanks for bringing us the news about Joplin.

Unfortunately, mainstream media is already dropping the story of the Joplin tragedy. It doesn’t fit in with their agenda.

I’ll be following your articles.

[max americana]

Could you post one more time?

[darrellmaurina]

If the post post did not come through correctly, please let me know. It seems fine on my browser. If there is a problem I’d be happy to re-post the article but I need to know how it appears on your browser to fix the problem. If, on the other hand, you were noting that several articles have similar headlines, you’ll see by clicking on them that these are all separate articles posted on different days regarding the Joplin tornado.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Some folks do not know how to use the refresh button I think.