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La. Guard continues mounting response to ongoing wildfires

NEW ORLEANS – At the direction of the Governor, the Louisiana National Guard activated 97 Soldiers to provide support to current operations in relation to the ongoing wildfires in Beauregard Parish. Louisiana’s Guard men and women are trained, ready and fully equipped to assist in the relief efforts. LANG helicopter crews began water-drop missions on […]

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Bossier City, La. Soldier graduates Ranger school

By Spc. Joseph Barber, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La. – Pvt. Gabriel Keshawn Cole, a new Louisiana National Guard infantryman serving in C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, completed Ranger school earlier this month. Cole, from Bossier City, Louisiana, was raised in a military family. His father

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