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Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana said yesterday that Northrop has told the state that the yard in Avondale near New Orleans risks being shut because it lacks orders beyond 2012, putting about 5,000 employees out of work. Louisiana is in talks with possible buyers and tenants, Jindal said in a statement.
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The airport and Signature Aviation will be hosting the Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing while the Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base New Orleans runway in Belle Chasse gets a $14.9 million renovation.
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ESAI is a non-collegiate service organization for women and men ages 18 and older. Established in 1929, ESAI is a network of 15,000 members in more than 1,000 community-based chapters, with coordinating organizations at state and international levels.
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National World War II Museum dedicated a $60 million expansion with a new theater, a restaurant and a replica of the "Stage Door Canteens" that cheered military men during the war. Hundreds of World War II veterans were on hand for Friday's ceremony including Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and Mickey Rooney.
The National World War II museum celebrates the grand opening for the new section, to the right, Solomon Victory Theater, Stage Door Canteen and the American Seactor Friday.
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Docked on the banks of the Hudson River, in the shadow of a city skyline forever changed, the USS New York pays tribute to the nearly 3,000 people who died on that fateful September day, eight years ago.
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By Sean Gardner for USA TODAY
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As the USS New York winds down the Mississippi River from Avondale on Tuesday, Oct. 13, en route to its namesake city, local business leaders hope the levees are lined with well-wishers to give the ship's crew a New Orleans farewell.
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Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana has been selected to house the Air Force's new Global Strike Command, a decision that will create some 900 jobs in a state still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Let’s fight hurricanes like we’re waging a war
Every year, the United States suffers attacks on American soil so brutal, our military can do little more than rebuild our wrecked cities, and console the wounded once the enemy has withdrawn.
This enemy is the Atlantic hurricane system, and the price of its damage, in dollars spent and in lives lost, rivals that of man-made war. Hurricane Katrina, which totaled nearly $100 billion and 1,800 dead in 2005, cost only slightly less than a year of the occupation of Iraq, and killed more Americans in a day than the Iraq war claimed in over two years. Last year, Hurricane Ike claimed only 177 lives, but still wreaked $31 billion of damage.
For the second year in a row, Soldiers' Angels volunteers in Louisiana are sending Mardi Gras to deployed soldiers. This year, the supported unit will be the 244th Louisiana Guard out of Hammond, which is currently deployed to Iraq. If enough items are gathered, an additional Guard unit will be added.
Last year Louisiana Soldiers' Angels leader Greta Perry led a small-scale support effort, sending decorations and party supplies to the Louisiana Guard HSC 769th Engineering Battalion, deployed to Iraq. Operation Overseas Mardi Gras 2009 is being conducted in conjunction with the Louisiana Guard Family Readiness Support Assistant Anglia "Nikki" Ganey, and the goal is to send each one of the 320 soldiers in the 244th a box of Mardi Gras cheer.
Supporters around the country are encouraged to assemble a box of Mardi Gras cheer (U.S. Postal Service flat-rate boxes and APO form 29767-A are recommended). Suggested items to send include costumes and masks, decorations, Louisiana food, music, throws (items traditionally tossed from floats), and anything else that might give Louisiana soldiers a taste of home.
For more information, see www.soldiersangelsla.org.
About Soldiers' Angels:
Established in 2003, Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-based 501(c)(3) non-profit providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as veterans and military families. For more information, see www.soldiersangels.org
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