New Orleans Area Organizations

Eighth Coast Guard District
500 Poydras St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
The Eighth Coast Guard District, headquartered in New Orleans, covers all or part of 26 states throughout the Gulf Coast and heartland of America. It stretches from the Appalachian Mountains and Chattahoochee River in the east, to the Rocky Mountains in the west, and from the U.S./ Mexico border and the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border in North Dakota. Part of the Department of Homeland Security, the men and women of the Eighth District are vital in protecting the 1,200 miles of coastline and 10,300 miles of inland navigable waterways located in their area of responsibility.

The Eighth District is home to two of the nation's busiest ports, New Orleans and Houston. More than two million barrels of oil and one million tons of cargo are imported daily. Seventeen of the top 40 busiest ports by tonnage are located in the Eighth District.

There are more than 6,500 oil and gasproducing wells, and 130 mobile offshore drilling units in the Gulf of Mexico that keep the district's Marine Safety program gainfully employed. Five of the top seven fishing ports in the country are located in the district. They account for nearly 40 percent of the catch of U.S. commercial fishermen.

Protecting America's borders is the key to ensuring the free flow of commerce and the safety of our citizens. There are approximately 4,045 active duty and reserve members, 6,000 auxiliarists and 288 civilian personnel assigned to the Eighth District.

The Eight District is also home to: four air stations; 15 search and rescue stations; 14 aids-to-navigation teams; three vessel traffic services. Surface assets include: two 210- foot medium endurance cutters; seventeen 87-foot patrol boats; 19 river tenders; one 224-foot buoy tender; two 175-foot coastal buoy tenders; and three 64-foot self-propelled barges. There are also three Coast Guard Auxiliary regions in the Eighth District's area of responsibility, New Orleans, St. Louis and Louisville, Ky.

Hurricane Katrina, labeled the worst natural disaster in American history, created a 900,000 square-mile area of destruction along the Gulf coast in 2005. In that destruction were the homes of Coast Guard families. The men and women of the Eighth District put their own needs aside and lived up to the Coast Guard's core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Coast Guard crews rescued more than 24,000 people and assisted with the joint-agency evacuation of an additional 9,400 patients and medical personnel from hospitals in the Gulf coast region. More than 33,500 people were saved and evacuated during the hurricane response effort. The storm also caused widespread environmental damage. Eighth District crews worked in tandem with the Environmental Protection Agency, local industry, and state and local officials in Louisiana and Mississippi on more than 700 pollution cases of oil and contaminants released into the waterways by the storm. To date, more than 90 percent of these cases have been closed.

In southeast Louisiana, the Coast Guard worked with the Unified Command - a team composed of federal, state and local officials in cooperation with industry partners - to conduct aggressive response operations in order to contain and recover oil in nine major and medium spills, totaling more than 7.1 million gallons of oil as well as approximately 35 minor spills of less than 10,000 gallons, and continues its ongoing response efforts with the Deepwater Horizon Incident.

Additional Coast Guard Facilities Coast Guard Sector New Orleans
200 Hendee Street
New Orleans, LA 70114
The headquarters of Sector New Orleans is located at the newly constructed Federal City on the west bank in Algiers, a state-of-the-art facility that will attract thousands of federal and private sector workers during the next ten years. The construction of new facilities at Federal City will provide its tenants with energy and maintenance efficient facilities and the latest hurricane and flood protection factors and standards.

The area of responsibility (AOR) for Sector New Orleans encompasses three search-and-rescue stations, four 87-foot patrol boats, three marine safety units, two buoy tenders and four aids to navigation teams. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Port of South Louisiana, Port of New Orleans, Saint Bernard Port, Port of Plaquemines, Port Fourchon, and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) are all part of Sector New Orleans. South Louisiana is home to the busiest port complex in the Western Hemisphere, with approximately 6,000 vessel arrivals annually. The Intracoastal Waterway also cuts through Sector New Orleans AOR. Originally envisioned to carry eight million tons of cargo when it was built in the 1920's, the Intracoastal Waterway now carries 120 million tons of freight per year. There are approximately 275 active duty and reserve members and 41 civilian personnel assigned to the Sector New Orleans.

Coast Guard Base Support
Unit New Orleans
1790 Saturn Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70129
The history of Base Support Unit New Orleans begins with the establishment of the Lighthouse Service's New Orleans Depot in 1934 next to what was to become the present day Industrial Canal lock. In 1939, the Lighthouse Service was integrated into the Coast Guard, and in 1949 that facility was officially designated a Coast Guard Base. In 1966, a base machine shop was built, and construction of the administrative building and barracks began the following year. On July 1, 1987, the base was designated as Support Center New Orleans under the Maintenance & Logistics Command Atlantic. On May 29, 1996, Support Center New Orleans became Integrated Support Command New Orleans (ISC). In 2003, the Naval Engineering Support Unit (NESU) and Electronics Engineering Support Unit (ESU) were placed under the authority of the ISC.

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the site and forced the ISC and its tenants to relocate. Two of the original buildings from the 1934 New Orleans Depot remain on the site in what was the ISC's Industrial Division portion of the base. The ISC temporarily located to the Louisiana Convention Center in Alexandria, La. immediately after Katrina struck, then moved back to New Orleans in December 2005, utilizing vacant spaces at the Naval Support Activity (East bank).

In September 2006, the ISC moved to its new base as a tenet of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans East. This modular building facility was designed as a temporary facility in anticipation of a permanent facility being built on adjacent property within the NASA MAF. The new facility was completed in April 2010 and was renamed Base Support Unit (BSU) New Orleans. This 80 million dollar facility sits on 26-acres and represents the largest single facility contract in Coast Guard history. BSU is responsible for financial, personnel, work-life, civil rights, housing, industrial, facilities engineering, and medical and dental support to the more than 900 personnel assigned to the region's various units.

The nearly 100,000 square foot administrative building houses offices, a medical unit, dental facilities, a galley and classrooms for the Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center (GRFT). The GRFTC trains law enforcement agents from the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and state and federal fish and wildlife agencies ranging from Brownsville, Texas, to Key West, Fla. There is also berthing space, a gym and a Coast Guard exchange. The 49,000 square foot industrial building is home to an engine and electric shop, an air conditioning and refrigeration shop, a carpentry shop, and a welding shop. The industrial building also has an additional 7,200 square feet of covered storage. Waterfront facilities are still under construction and consist of a pier, a wharf and a floodwall gate, which will be used to transport vessels and buoys to the industrial building.

James Diamond Army Reserve Center
5010 Leroy Johnson Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70126
The James Diamond Army Reserve Center is named after a World War II Medal of Honor recipient from New Orleans. It is located on the former Camp Leroy Johnson, a

World War II training base, hospital and airfield. More than 50 full-time Soldiers, civilians and contractors support the more than 600 Army Reserve Soldiers in 12 different Army Reserve units at this location.

Units at the Army Reserve Center are:
• 1192d Deployment Distribution Support Battalion (DDSB) 284-2623
• 215th Public Affairs Detachment (Mobile) 284-2642
• 4010th United States Army Hospital (USAH) 284-2634
• 441st Transportation Company (TC) 284-2645
• 469th Financial Management Center (FMC) 284-2688
• 54th Military History Detachment 284-2651
• 7232nd Installation Medical Support Unit (IMSU) 284-2636
• 787th Sanitation Detachment 284-2647
• Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) 97, Branch Maintenance Activity #1 284-2680
• 2d Legal Support Organization (LSO)
• 22d Legal Support Organization (LSO)
• 150th Military Judge Detachment 284-2604 • Retention NCO 284-2622
• Enterprise Service Desk, National Tier 2, Field
• Technicians (Southeast Region) 284-2663
• Area 8, 6th Battalion, Army Reserve Career Division (ARCD) 284-2622

Jackson Barracks
Louisiana National Guard
The mission of Jackson Barracks is to serve as a power projection platform and command and control center for emergency operations, as well as improve the readiness posture of units, other tenant organizations, state and local partners. Jackson Barracks provides an excellent quality of life for Soldiers, Airmen, employees and their families through outstanding support of all training and operations. The historical Jackson Barracks Complex, including additional acreage added since its original construction in 1834-35, occupies 100 acres of land in Orleans Parish, extending from the Mississippi River to one mile north of St. Claude Ave., and from the St. Bernard Parish line on the east to Delery St. on the west. Jackson Barracks is the home of the Louisiana Military Department and Headquarters for the Louisiana National Guard. Prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it also provided armories for 14 Army and Air National Guard units.

Early Years, 1834-1900
Jackson Barracks was built under the administration of President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), to house the Federal military garrison defending the city of New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi Valley. The Barracks was originally named the New Orleans Barracks or simply the United States Barracks. The name was changed to Jackson Barracks in 1866 in honor of General Andrew Jackson, the hero of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and the seventh president of the United States. The need for a "Garrison of Troops" in the event of an insurrection and a training post for U.S. troops stationed at the Mississippi River forts prompted the U.S. Government to make plans for the Barracks as early as 1823.

After the War of 1812, the U.S. established a policy of national power which was very well accepted by the populace of our young nation. It was resolved that never again would the Navy of an enemy nation be able to land raiding parties in U.S. ports and harbors to loot and plunder, burning the towns and cities as the British did in the War of 1812. All ports and harbors were to be protected by a system of fortifications. In this area Forts McComb and Pike were constricted below the city of New Orleans. Fort Jackson on the west bank of the Mississippi River below the city was also completed and Fort St. Phillip on the east bank was improved. In addition to Jackson Barracks being constructed as a training post for the troops of these forts, it served as a supply base and rotated troops to and from the isolated locations. The "Post Magazine" at the Barracks was also built in early 1837 to store reserves of ammunition for the heavy artillery for the four forts.

In 1833, a 67-acre strip of land for the construction of the Barracks was purchased by the U.S. Government for $31,500. This land fronted the Mississippi River and was three miles below the city of New Orleans. Congress appropriated $180,000 for the new barracks, and after much debate, chose a site along the Mississippi River located about four miles downriver from the city and only a mile from the site of the Battle of New Orleans. Lt. Frederick Wilkinson, a 23 year old West Point graduate, designed and supervised construction of the barracks beginning in February 1834 until completion in December 1835. Built on a 300 by 900 foot track fronting the river, the Barracks was designed to house four companies of infantry plus hospital and support facilities. The buildings were surrounded by a 12-foot high brick fence reinforced with round flank towers at each corner. Two of the original towers remain today and are used as distinguished visitor quarters. Total construction cost was $182,999-one of the finest of its kind in the U.S.

20th Century
World War I changed the Barracks from a tranquil and picturesque old post into an active processing and training center. In 1918, new wooden buildings were erected, including one for use by the YMCA, as well as mess halls, horse stables, additional hospital wards and troop quarters at a cost of $60,000.

Following World War I, Jackson Barracks was rescued from extinction when the state requested that the post be turned over to the Louisiana National Guard. On Feb. 1, 1922, the state took over control of the installation with Jackson Barracks becoming the home of the famous Washington Artillery (141st Field Artillery Battalion) and the 108th Cavalry with their many horses.

In 1936, Jackson Barracks was the recipient of a major restoration and new construction project that built a modern three-story headquarters building (Fleming Hall), restored and updated the historic buildings, built new homes for the staff, constructed new cavalry facilities and refurbished support facilities. Jackson Barracks also played a prominent role in New Orleans' Mardi Gras tradition. Rex, the acknowledged King of Carnival, would send an order to the commandant to receive him. King Rex would then arrive at the Barracks by boat to be welcomed on the parade ground by a battalion of infantry and the regimental band. In keeping with Mardi Gras tradition, the post commander would formally hand over control of the city to King Rex and then escort him into the city to begin his reign of frivolity and merriment.

During World War II New Orleans became a major port supporting the war effort throughout the Americas and in both theaters of war. In accordance with the lease agreement, most of the post facilities and grounds were used by the U.S. War Department to operate a port of embarkation. However, the headquarters building, residence structures, a warehouse, and a few garages were retained for use by the Louisiana National Guard. After the war, Jackson Barracks reverted to state control and once again became the home of the Louisiana National Guard.

Jackson Barracks Today
In 1976, the architectural and historic significance of Jackson Barracks was recognized and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district of national significance. With the exception of only one building and two corner towers which were lost in 1912 when the Mississippi River levee was constructed in its current location, the post retains its original antebellum layout and architectural integrity. Jackson Barracks is arguably the finest complex of antebellum architecture remaining in the United States. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the historic buildings were carefully restored and returned to their original function for military use.

Hurricane Katrina (2005) brought severe flooding throughout New Orleans, with St. Bernard Parish and the Lower Ninth Ward, including Jackson Barracks, particularly hard hit. All buildings at Jackson Barracks were destroyed or damaged by storm induced flooding with water depths ranging from three feet at the levee to almost 18 feet at the northernmost part of the Barracks. The Louisiana National Guard headquarters was temporarily relocated to Camp Beauregard while a herculean effort to rebuild Jackson Barracks was underway.

Using construction money provided by Congress and administered through the National Guard Bureau, as well as funds provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Construction Facilities Management Office designed a new master plan for the redevelopment of the Barracks. New Readiness Centers for the Joint Force Headquarters, the 141st Field Artillery (Washington Artillery) and the 139th Regional Support Group were reconstructed as well as the Adjutant General's Headquarters. In addition to these facilities, reconstruction continued on other support facilities, temporary lodging, and the historical housing on Jackson Barracks. The Louisiana Cottages were built to provide additional housing on the Barracks for Guard personnel, in particular those affected by the storm. At the same time, funding was obtained to renovate the historic garrison buildings. The new construction continues the architectural design and ambience of the historic garrison buildings, resulting in one of the most attractive National Guard installations in the country.

For almost 175 years, Jackson Barracks has survived war, the ravages of time, flooding, and numerous hurricanes. With the completion of the construction of the Jackson Barracks Military Museum Complex, the post's unique and distinguished history will be showcased for future generations to view and enjoy. Today, the Jackson Barracks restoration reflects the original design and heritage envisioned for the installation. As the headquarters for the Louisiana National Guard, it serves as an enduring monument to the citizen soldier, the military, and our nation. Today, Jackson Barracks boasts a 110 acre facility, troop facilities, two Readiness Centers - 139th RSG, 1/141st FA BN, a joint forces headquarters building, adjutant general's building, multiple billeting and residential facilities, post exchange and more.

Marine Corps Support Facility Marine Forces Reserve
Marine Forces Reserve must be READY, RELEVANT and RESPONSIVE.

MARFORRES is comprised of two groups of Marines and Sailors - those who are not currently on active duty and those who are. The former represent the core of our warfighting strength; the latter are the critical enablers who ensure we are always combat ready. Both groups are essential. Neither group could succeed without the other. We are all members of "the first team." We must all meet "first team" standards.

The mission of Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) is to prepare and provide units and individual Marines to augment and reinforce active forces for employment across the complex spectrum of crisis and conflict.

Equipped and trained to the same rigorous standards as our active Marine forces, to include joint operations, Marine Forces Reserve will be trained and educated to the highest levels, and provide rapid response when called upon. As versatile Continental Marines, Marine Forces Reserve will be ever ready to alleviate the intense personnel and operational tempo of active forces in peacetime.

As citizen-Marines, the men and women of Marine Forces Reserve will be community beacons by living the Marine Corps' story of daily service to family, community and nation.

The largest command in the Corps, the men and women of MARFORRES stand ready to answer the nation's call at home and abroad.

Marine Forces Reserve Band
New Orleans
The United States Marine Forces Reserve Band was established Oct. 1, 1978. The unit is comprised of active-duty Marine Corps members stationed at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. Each year the musicians of the band travel in excess of 75,000 miles throughout the United States and perform more than 250 times in the execution of its military support and community relations mission. The band is composed of a ceremonial and concert band, jazz combo, and brass and woodwind quintets. The band supports all units of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, 4th Marine Division, 4th Marine Logistics Group and Mobilization Command.

For additional information on the Marine Forces Reserve Band or to request the band please visit: http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/MFRHQ/Band/Default.asp

New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy
The mission of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy is to educate high school students, regardless of background or previous school experience, to fully achieve their personal and academic potential through the acquisition of core knowledge and the skills of analysis, problem-solving, communication and global responsibility.

The Military and Maritime Academy provides an educational environment based on a model of self discipline that fosters positive behavioral attitudes, builds self esteem, instills personal responsibility, creates accountability and teaches ethical decision making. The academy provides a safe and effective learning institution, providing a learning environment that is conducive to the educational and overall well being of students.

The academy engages student cadets in learning experiences and activities that will enable them to exceed Louisiana state academic goals and tests and to prepare them for post secondary education. The academy develops and improves student cadet skills in the areas of leadership, citizenship, character development, self discipline, communication, group dynamics, team building, and other related areas. The academy structures the educational experience in order that student cadets gain the ability to think logically and to communicate effectively.

Academic Philosophy
The Military and Maritime Academy believes that the purpose of education is primarily the development of skills, concepts, knowledge, processes, and attitudes necessary for students to become responsible, productive citizens. The Military and Maritime Academy also recognizes the characteristics that are unique to each individual and will provide a process for development and expression of each student's innate potential and talents.

A standards-based managed curriculum model ensures that graduates will have had the learning experiences necessary to develop the skills, concepts, knowledge, processes and attitudes that are essential to success in higher education and in the work place. A standards-based curriculum model is based on the following:
• All students are capable of achieving at higher levels in learning core academic knowledge provided by formal schooling.
• Schools, in partnership with parents and the community, have the responsibility of controlling the conditions of success.
• Schools can maximize the learning environment for all students through explicit and clear

New Orleans Area Organizations
objectives, high expectations for all students, and a continuous, balanced assessment of student learning.
• The instructional process can be adapted to improve learning.
• Successful student learning must be based on providing meaningful experiences to insure maximum student achievement.

The Military and Maritime Academy's Junior Reserve Officer Training Program (JROTC) Academy provides a unique learning opportunity for highly motivated students who desire a distinctive educational experience. Established by the National Defense Act of 1916 and expanded in by Congress in 1964, the JROTC program operates within a disciplined military framework to train student cadets in leadership and motivational skills that will serve them during their school years as well as throughout their lives.

For more information visit the school's website at http://www.nomma.net or call 227-3810.