The Louisiana National Guard’s 527th Engineer Battalion, celebrating their 20th anniversary, deployed in support of Operation Desert Storm for five months to complete combat support missions to include minefield breaching operations, construction of a main supply route, construction of a refugee camp in Rafha, Saudi Arabia, and closing berm openings between the borders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The 527th was led in combat support missions by Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, the current adjutant general of the LANG.