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La. Guard aviation unit holds deployment ceremony

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, bid farewell to family and friends during a departure ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, Louisiana, Dec. 2. “Although you may be […]

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La. National Guard Training Center Pineville hosts housing ribbon cutting

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

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

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

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

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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