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Russel Honore Biography

Russel L. Honoré (/ˈɒnəreɪ/ ON-ər-ay; born 1947) is a retired Lieutenant General who served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia. He is best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast and as the 2nd Infantry Division's commander while stationed in South Korea. He served until his retirement from the Army on January 11, 2008. Honoré is sometimes known as "The Ragin' Cajun", although he is actually of Louisiana Creole with a West Indies background, whose family came through the port of New Orleans and settled in the Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The Honoré family surname is still found among the Cane River Créoles.

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If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

Ifs, Leader, Mission, Missions

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.

Cities, City, Hit, New York, Systems, Two

America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.

America, Control, Everything, Needs, Storm

Teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed

Builds, Culture, Speed, Team Building, Teamwork, Trust

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

Leadership, Mean, Metrics, Resources, Team, Working

I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.

Lost, Perspective, Products, Thinking

Leadership is working with goals and vision management is working with objectives.

Goal, Leadership, Management, Vision, Working

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

Inspirational, Leadership, Team, Teamwork, Trust

Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.

Apple, Apples, Havoc, Heartache, Hitting, Superstorm

During the aftermath of Katrina, National Guard troops were positioned on every block to establish a sense of safety and source of help for the people in need. They did not leave communities until people were safe and sound.

Block, Guard, Help, Katrina, People, Safe And Sound

Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to take action, to evacuate. No more. With Irene, you had mass evacuations - mandatory ones - issued days ahead of time. That was the right thing to do.

Country, Evacuate, Katrina, Political, Tradition, Waiting

You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility.

Born, Choices, Die, Free, Live Free, Responsibility

You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.

Depend, Depends, Dike, Property, Trying

The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.

Approaches, Eye, Preparation, Preparations, Storm