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Plaquemine National Guard unit deploys to Iraq

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS, La. – Friends, families and community members gathered to bid farewell to the Louisiana National Guard’s 832nd Engineer Detachment, 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, during a deployment ceremony at the Carl F. Grant Civic Center in Plaquemine, July 31. More than […]

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La. Guard sergeant major recognized by Army under secretary

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Under Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy presented the Louisiana National Guard civil-military planning senior enlisted advisor, Sgt. Maj. David M. Mula with The Process Improvement Program Team Excellence Award, Enterprise Level award for reduction in the time requirements of

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National Guard holds funeral honors training in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program hosted 12 Guardsmen from Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, Oklahoma and New York for an Army National Guard Level II Funeral Honors Instructor Certification Course at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Feb. 4-16. “We teach these Soldiers customs and courtesies that go beyond military

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National Guard holds funeral honors training in New Orleans

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program hosted 12 Guardsmen from Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, Oklahoma and New York for an Army National Guard Level II Funeral Honors Instructor Certification Course at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Feb.

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Alexandria native takes command of New Orleans based unit

By Sgt. Renee Seruntine, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Col. Stuart N. Burruss, of New Orleans, relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard’s 139th Regional Support Group to Lt. Col. Willus B. Hall, an Alexandria-born Guardsman, in an official change of command ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, November 4. “To

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La. Guard Soldiers, Airmen aim for top marksmanship honors

Air Guardsman becomes first female in state to make Governor’s Twenty By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s top marksmen from around the state gathered at Camp Beauregard in Pineville for the annual The Adjutant General’s Match, Oct. 11-12. The 66 Soldiers and Airmen put

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