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Presented with Purple Heart, Combat Action Badge By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – In a special awards ceremony, Louisiana National Guardsman Spc. Alexas M. James received the Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge at Fort Polk’s Warrior Family Support Center Polk in Leesville, April 25. Brig. Gen. […]

La. Guard’s 2-244th Airfield Operations Battalion changes leadership By Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2-244th Airfield Operations Battalion changed leadership in an official ceremony held at Esler Field in Pineville, La., April 21. Lt. Col. Bruce J. Scott of Athens, Ala., took command of