director guthrie, thank you, again, for your tremendous work and the work of your team to protect our florida citizens our thoughts and prayers go out to the affected those being affected already. as i mentioned already yesterday the florida starring in is fully mobilized with 5500 soldiers and airmen ready to support we expect we will be engaged in a multitude of missions including search and rescue, damage assessment, and route clearance. in addition we continue to man state logistics response center and many other logistic and staging areas throughout the state of florida. as well as support the 26 county emergency management operation centers the florida national guard currently has on hand 2400 vehicles available, including high mobility and high water
And the work of your team to protect our florida citizens. our thoughts and prayers go out to those in the affected areas of the storm, those being affected already. as i mentioned yesterday the florida national guard is fully mobilized with over 5500 soldiers and airmen ready to support hurricane response efforts. we expect that throughout the day we will be actively engaged in a multitude of missions including search and rescue, damage assessment and route clearance. in addition we continue to man the state logistics response center and many other staging areas throughout the state of florida. as well as support the 26 county emergency management operation centers with liaison specialists. the florida national guard currently has on hand 2,400 vehicles available including high-mobility and high-water vehicles. 14 rotary wing aircraft with