My roommate (a reserve in the Ohio Army National Guard) got called up yesterday to go to NOLA and they are deploying THIS AFTERNOON. Talk about turnaround time!
Godspeed to them.
Godspeed for sure. 24 hours from call to deployment. Awe inspiring.
My best friend in Texas just called, and her husband just got called up and is leaving this afternoon. He's in the Army reserves some sort of engineering unit. In civilian life, he has a Master's in Civil Engineering and is director of transportation for the city of Irving, Texas.
My friend is the director of public works for Addison, Texas, and she said that the city was planning an Octoberfest, but FEMA has confiscated the tents and porta-potties that were going to be for the festival.