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La. National Guard Training Center Pineville hosts housing ribbon cutting

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / November 30, 2023

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS —Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, Maj. Gen. Keith Waddell, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana National Guard leadership and local community leaders convened for an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of LANG’s Low to Moderate […]

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La. Guard service members’ kids receive free winter

Around The State, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / October 11, 2023

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Throughout the month of October, over 700 children of Louisiana National Guard service members and the local community are receiving winter coats through the ‘Combat the Cold. Share the Warmth’ winter coat giveaway. The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program,

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La. Guard HUMINT Collection Team earns silver at military intelligence competition

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Peter Drasutis / September 22, 2023

By: Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La.– A team of four Louisiana National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 415th Military Intelligence Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, took second place overall and first in the National Guard in the Interrogation Show and Rodeo 23 competition held at the

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‘Always Ready’ to ‘Protect What Matters’ no matter the response

Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / September 13, 2023

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The current storm season presented a new challenge for the first responders and National Guard of Louisiana in the form of wildfires. Wildfires started spreading across the state in August, resulting in multiple parishes declaring a state of emergency and Governor John

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Multiple states help La. National Guard ‘Protect What Matters’

Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / September 8, 2023

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – As the Louisiana National Guard assisted the State in fighting wildfires, more than 40 Guard men and women from other states stepped up to help LANG protect what matters. The support of the additional service members is the direct result of making an

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La. Guard Aviators and Engineers execute rapid response to Pirates Cove wildfires

Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / August 29, 2023

NEW ORLEANS – On August 23 and 24, 2023, Louisiana National Guard aviation and engineering assets were activated to assist the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Louisiana State Fire Marshal office in fighting wildfires. As the wildfires spread, causing 17 parishes to declare a state of emergency, Louisiana’s Guard men and

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