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La. Guard’s “Bayou Dust-off” departs for Kosovo

Medevac company begins year-long deployment By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana National Guard, friends and family said good-bye to a small group of “Bayou Dust-off” Soldiers with a special mission at a deployment ceremony at Esler Field in Pineville, Nov. 22. More than 20 members […]

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Guardsmen learn Army resilience skills to aid in training

  By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, LANG Reintegration Office   NEW ORLEANS – A group of Louisiana National Guard non-commissioned officers, officers and one civilian member spent three days at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., learning to deliver Army resilience training to all Army Guardsmen in their respective units, Nov. 12-14.   Their charge, according

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Guardsmen receive the Purple Heart during official ceremony

By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard presented the Purple Heart combat decoration to three Guardsmen during an official ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Nov. 13. The Guardsmen were presented with the decoration for injuries they sustained in combat when improvised

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NFL salutes military members

NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, Louisiana National Guard adjutant general, presides over the coin toss before the New Orleans Saints game in the Superdome, Nov. 10, 2013. Servicemembers from each branch of the military participated in pregame and halftime ceremonies as part of NFL Salute to Service, commemorating Veterans Day weekend. (U.S.

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La. Guard welcomes new command chief warrant officer

Outgoing chief to retire after 27 years of service   By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kevin P. Dares as its new command chief warrant officer during an official change of responsibility ceremony on the parade field at Jackson

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Louisiana National Guard’s top warrant officer retires

New Orleans resident fondly says farewell to military family   By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – New Orleans-native Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kim Janneck, the Louisiana National Guard’s command chief warrant officer, will retire after relinquishing responsibility in an official ceremony in New Orleans, Nov. 3.  

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