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La. Guard partners with State Police for enhanced aerial firefighting training

Around The State, Featured News, News Releases, Training / By Amber Oglesby / September 27, 2024

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Aviators from the Louisiana National Guard’s 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group partnered with the Louisiana State Police on Sept. 25 to conduct aerial training on the effective use of bambi buckets for firefighting. The training, held at the Joint Emergency Services […]

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La. National Guard mobilized, ready for Hurricane Francine

Around The State, Disaster Response, Featured News, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / September 18, 2024

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – At the direction of the Governor, the Louisiana National Guard has more than 2,300 Guardsmen ready to support current and future operations ahead of Hurricane Francine’s landfall today, Sept. 11, to include but not limited to:

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Community garden funding provided to La. National Guard Youth Challenge Program

Around The State, Community Involvement, Featured News, News Releases, Youth Challenge Program / By Amber Oglesby / July 18, 2024

By Marco Molina, Youth Challenge Program and the Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office CARVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program at the Gillis W. Long Center has received a grant for a new community garden. Community Resources Connection, Inc has collaborated with the United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources

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La. Guard Engineers provide community support on projects

Around The State, Community Involvement, Featured News, News Releases, Training / By Amber Oglesby / July 10, 2024

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – As annual training continues across the state for Louisiana Guardsmen, the 225th Engineer Brigade is hard at work on multiple projects in local communities. These projects are part of the innovative readiness training program which is a DoD collaborative effort leveraging

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La. Guard’s youth camps foster leadership and resilience

Around The State, Featured News, News Releases, Resources / By Amber Oglesby / June 26, 2024

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program hosted its annual military kids’ Youth Leadership Camp and Camp Pelican Pride events at the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville, June 12 – June 21. Dependents of Louisiana Soldiers and Airmen spent ten

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La. Guard prepares with disaster response exercise

Around The State, Community Involvement, Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Peter Drasutis / April 23, 2024

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard collaborated with local and state agencies in an annual Disaster Response Exercise designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and strengthen coordination between local, state, federal and non-governmental agencies, April 16-18. Across the State, there

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