April 2018

You are what you eat – the skinny on losing weight

Mardi Gras has been over for while, and it’s time to put down the king cake and get those summer bodies ready. Putting the king cake down shouldn’t be too hard after seeing this guy. Louisiana National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Reggie Nolan, Master Fitness Trainer (MFT), wants to take this opportunity to remind Guardsmen […]

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Welcome to the jungle

Louisiana Guardsman learns to fight, train in new terrain By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guard 1st Lt. Kenrick Cormier, commander of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, became the first National Guardsmen to graduate from the Belize Defence

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Retired Louisiana Guard general honored for lifetime of military service

By Staff Sgt. Greg Stevens, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness honored retired Brig. Gen. Robert J. LeBlanc during a special ceremony at the 256th armory in Lafayette, April 14. Col. William Rachal, the

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Retired La. Guard Brig. Gen. LeBlanc honored for lifetime of military service

The Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness honored retired Brig. Gen. Robert J. LeBlanc during a special ceremony at the 256th armory in Lafayette, April 14.(U.S. Army National Guard video by Spc. Duncan Foote)

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La. National Guard welcomes Bunkie unit home from Kuwait

By Spc. Cody Wolfgang Kellum, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS –The Louisiana National Guard welcomed home members of the 1086th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group at their armory in Bunkie, April 14. The 1086th, which has detachments in Vidalia and Ville Platte, deployed more than 160 Soldiers

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West Monroe resident joins La. Guard’s chaplain corps

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – West Monroe resident 2nd Lt. Jimmy Snow was commissioned in the Louisiana National Guard at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, March 3 at 38 years old. Snow served in the Air Force Reserves as a mental health technician from 2000 – 2006 at

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