FNG staging for Dorian aftermath

SEBRING, Fla. - About 4,400 personnel from Florida National Guard units have been activated, primarily from the south and western parts of the state, in preparation to respond to east coast-affected areas hit by Hurricane Dorian. Among those units are soldiers from Bravo Company of the 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion that has been deployed from Pensacola to Jacksonville in anticipation of response missions. FNG’s Helicopter Search & Rescue Team has been on standby in Miami, with eight different types of aircraft, prepared to provide search and rescue (SAR) capabilities. A Brigade Engineer Battalion unit is stationed at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce for SAR missions. (Source: Highland News-Sun 09/04/19)