Retired Louisiana Air National Guard Col. Pat Griffin, emergency support director for the Louisiana Military Department and the State’s Emergency Support Function 7 (ESF-7) lead, receives a running estimates brief from Louisiana National Guardsmen, civilian logistics contractors and Unified Logistics Element personnel during a command post exercise in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 12, 2025. The exercise tested commodity distribution planning and interagency coordination ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Peter Drasutis)
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana’s Unified Logistics Element, a joint team of Louisiana Army and Air National Guard personnel, GOHSEP staff and contracted logistics partners, conducted a command post exercise on June 12, 2025, to test and refine the state’s logistics response framework ahead of the 2025 hurricane season.