Alabama National Guard changed approach to managing disasters days before April 2011 tornadoes
By Michael Tomberlin
April 25, 2021
Sgt. Fadra Brown, 31st Chemical Brigade, Northport, assists the Wooley family sorting through the remnants of their home in the Crescent Ridge area in Tuscaloosa. Their home was one of many throughout Alabama that was destroyed by the tornado that swept through April 27, 2011. (Spc. Katherine Dowd / 167th Theater Sustainment Command)
The Alabama National Guard had its largest mobilization for a domestic response when the April 2011 storms and tornadoes devastated the state.
The public saw and experienced that, as soldiers and airmen were visible bringing relief throughout the state.