U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Burl Gulledge and Sgt. 1st Class James F. McLerd grab boxes of Meals, Ready-To-Eat.
U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Burl Gulledge and Sgt. 1st Class James F. McLerd grab boxes of Meals, Ready-To-Eat that will be given to residents of Dauphin Island, Ala., on Sept. 1, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Gulledge and McLerd are assigned to the Army National Guard's 900th Maintenance Company, Brundidge, Ala.