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Louisiana Army National Guardsmen from the 1023rd Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion, in Monroe, La., wait to depart for the Sulphur Parks and Recreation Center in Sulphur, La., Sept. 12, 2008, in anticipation of landfall of Hurricane Ike along the west coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The 1023rd is providing four three-man boat teams for damage assessment operations and potential search and rescue missions to Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes if necessary.

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Louisiana Army National Guardsmen from the 1023rd Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion, in Monroe, La., wait to depart for the Sulphur Parks and Recreation Center in Sulphur, La., Sept. 12, 2008, in anticipation of landfall of Hurricane Ike along the west coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The 1023rd is providing four three-man boat teams for damage assessment operations and potential search and rescue missions to Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes if necessary.

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