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La. National Guard Training Center Pineville hosts housing ribbon cutting

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / November 30, 2023

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS —Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, Maj. Gen. Keith Waddell, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana National Guard leadership and local community leaders convened for an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of LANG’s Low to Moderate […]

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La. Guard service members’ kids receive free winter

Around The State, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / October 11, 2023

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Throughout the month of October, over 700 children of Louisiana National Guard service members and the local community are receiving winter coats through the ‘Combat the Cold. Share the Warmth’ winter coat giveaway. The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program,

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La. National Guard redesignates main training area as Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / April 17, 2023

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard will redesignate Camp Beauregard, its main training installation, as the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville later this year, April 17. In March 2023, the LANG stated that six names were provided to the adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Keith Waddell, for his

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Louisiana National Guard delivers tarps, water after tornadoes

Around The State, Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / December 17, 2022

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) conducted operations supporting communities around the state after a severe storm system produced damaging tornadoes, Dec. 14. In total, the LANG provided 16,200 bottles of water and more than 2,000 tarps to Iberia, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, and Union parishes through

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Congresswoman visits Louisiana Youth Challenge Program

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / August 13, 2022

By Warrant Officer 1 Thea T. James PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) Youth Challenge Program (YCP) welcomed Congresswoman Julia Letlow, a Monroe native who represents Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, to tour the state’s Youth Challenge Program in Pineville, Louisiana, August 11. The nature of the visit

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La. Guard hosts Belize Defence Force for aviation training

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard / By Louisiana National Guard / July 20, 2022

By Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard hosted six members of the Belize Defence Force for aviation cross-training in Hammond and Belle Chasse, Louisiana, July 11-15. The LANG and BDF are partners in the State Partnership Program. The purpose of the SPP is to

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