Duncan Foote – Louisiana National Guard

La. Guard and GOHSEP Leaders Support Emergency Coordination at Statewide Conference

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Thomas Friloux, the adjutant general of Louisiana joined other senior leaders of the Louisiana National Guard and emergency management officials at the Louisiana Emergency Management Conference, held May 6 at the Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel & Casino […]

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La. Guard hosts international interrogation competition to build readiness

Events, Featured News, News Releases, Training / By Duncan Foote / May 8, 2025

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Twenty-two Human Intelligence Collector teams from U.S. and allied forces competed in the fourth annual Army interrogation competition, Tranquil Storm, held at Louisiana National Guard Training Center in Pineville, April 28–May 2. The multi-component, multi-echelon event challenged intelligence Soldiers in leadership, tactical skills

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La. Guard announces stationing of the 178th Cyber Protection Team at Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / April 11, 2025

By Lt. Col. Noel Collins, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) stations the 178th Cyber Protection Team in Bossier City at the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) in the summer of 2025. Louisiana State Senator Adam Bass, Maj. Gen. Thomas Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana and Kevin Nolten,

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La. Guard engineers train on new all-terrain cranes

Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Duncan Foote / April 4, 2025

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 927th Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion received a new Family of All-Terrain Cranes (FOTAC) Type I and completed Scheduled Maintenance New Equipment Training at LANG Training Center Pineville, March 19-20. The FOTAC Type I is a

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La. Guard’s ‘Best Warriors’ aim for regional title

Featured News, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / April 2, 2025

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Seventeen of the Louisiana National Guard’s top Soldiers competed in the 2025 Best Warrior Competition LANG Training Center Pineville, March 24-28. The annual event challenges Soldiers and noncommissioned officers in both basic and advanced warrior tasks. The top-performing Soldier and NCO are

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La. Guard aviators contribute to coastal marshes with annual Christmas Tree Drop

Community Involvement, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Duncan Foote / March 27, 2025

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs NEW ORLEANS – Aviators with the Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Assault Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, in cooperation with local environmental organizations, conducted the annual Christmas tree drop March 26 at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, the second-largest urban wildlife refuge in the United States. The event,

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