The year 2020 has been an unprecedented year for the Louisiana National Guard, said spokesman Sgt. Josiah Pugh.
Between COVID response efforts, the busiest hurricane season since 2005 and a series of deployments, the LANG supported the longest emergency response effort in the stateâs history, Pugh said.
In January, the adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, retired after 38 years of service, and Brig. Gen. D. Keith Waddell assumed command of the LANG.
March saw Louisianaâs first COVID-19 case. Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a public health emergency and issued a stay-at-home order, but as the virus spread, thousands of cases were reported and the number of dead had only begun to accumulate.