Part of the guard was called in BEFORE the hurricane even came through. Others came in the day after the storm. I know this personally as I know two LA guardsmen, one was there a day before the hurricane hit, the other was called up the day of the storm and went in the day after the storm.
Here Come the Troops Just saw 2 CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopters pass by overhead, and now on cam you can see what looks like a whole batallion of troops roll toward the Convention Center.
Staff Sgt. Scott Dean, of Louisville, walks along a convoy of trucks from the Kentucky National Guard preparing to leave the Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort , Ky., for Camp Shelby, Miss., to help Hurricane Katrina victims, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005.