The HQ and other units of the 256th IBCT reside in the city of Lafayette , Louisiana . This unit of over 3,500 Soldiers has deployed twice to Iraq , 2004-5 and 2010 . This unit has also responded to disasters such as : Hurricane Katrina , Hurricane Gustav , Hurricane Isaac , and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana