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Two La. Guardsmen confirmed killed in crash

  Search moves into recovery operations NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has confirmed two Soldiers involved in the UH-60M Black Hawk training accident crash are dead and have been recovered, March 12. What was a search and rescue operation, has moved into recovery operations for the remaining two Guardsmen. “At this point, we’re […]

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La. National Guard audio, quotes from press conference

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to update the public on the helicopter accident that occurred last night in Florida at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, Louisiana. Audio from the event can be found here: http://geauxguard.com/louisiana-national-guard-helicopter-accident-media-advisory/7183/ “Today, as you can imagine, is a tough day

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Louisiana National Guard helicopter accident

  NEW ORLEANS – Two UH-60 BlackHawk aircraft assigned to the Hammond, Louisiana Army National Guard were participating in a training exercise over night. One aircraft with four aircrew and seven Marines assigned to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, was involved in an accident near Eglin range site A-17, east of the Navarre Bridge in Florida.

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La. Guard trains Cyber Defense Incident Response Team

  By Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE, La. – Approximately 40 Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen with the state’s new Cyber Defense Incident Response Team (CDIRT) participated in a two-day training event at a newly constructed “Cyber Range” in Baton Rouge last month. The team was created to

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LANG makes history with new air traffic control tower

­­ By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard recently made history when they began providing air traffic control services at the Hammond Northshore Regional Airport. “Standing up a tower in the national airspace is something that hasn’t been done in many, many, many years,” said

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Special disaster team completes training, certified by DoD

By Sgt. David C. Kirtland 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment                    NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsmen in the state’s special disaster-response team concluded a week of training with a final evaluation exercise in order to be certified by the Department of Defense, January 12-16, at the Camp Beauregard Range Complex in Pineville, Louisiana. The Guardsmen

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