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La. Guard awards senator with Distinguished Civilian Service Medal

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard awarded State Senator Robert R. Adley with the Louisiana Distinguished Civilian Service Medal during a ceremony at the Louisiana State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, Dec. 2. “We wanted to present you with this […]

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First La. Guardsmen awarded new instructor badge

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 199th Leadership Regiment presented 14 instructors with the Basic Army Instructor Badge during a ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Nov. 19. The badge was created in 2013 as part of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System Instructor

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La. National Guard cyber team trains to defend the Web

By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE, La. – More than 40 Louisiana National Guardsmen with the Cyber Defense Incident Response Team (CDIRT) took part in a two-day training event at Louisiana State University’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute in Baton Rouge, Nov. 14-15. The team was created to respond to

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La. Guard’s military police go ‘in the box’ at JRTC

Task Force Panther plays opposition force against 82nd Airborne By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – More than 150 military policemen from the Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion conducted a rotation ‘in the box’ at Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Oct. 28 – Nov. 15. The

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La. National Guard cavalry squadron holds annual Spur Ride

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment awarded silver spurs to 20 Soldiers during its annual Spur Ride at Camp Minden, Oct. 17. The Spur Ride is a combination of a training exercise and history lesson for the Soldiers, to

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La. Guardsman named All-Army Boxing champion

Houma native wins gold in 141-pound light welterweight class By Spcs. Joshua Barnett and Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guard Spc. Trey “The Truth” Alexander, of Houma, won the 141-pound light welterweight class at the All-Army Boxing Championships at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in September. Alexander’s win earned him a

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