Awards – Louisiana National Guard

Louisiana National Guard’s ‘Protect What Matters’ motto shines through during 2025

Awards, Command, Community Involvement, Deployment, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, News Releases, State Partnership Program, Training / By Duncan Foote / December 23, 2025

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard navigated the 2025 calendar year marked by triumphs and tragedies, lethality and sustainability, and readiness rooted in tradition. Throughout every mission and milestone, LANG’s motto— “Protect What Matters”—remained front and center. The year began under […]

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La. Guard’s military police awarded during post deployment ceremony

Awards, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Yellow Ribbon / By Peter Drasutis / August 7, 2025

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 39th Military Police Company, 773rd Military Police Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport on August 3, 2025. During the ceremony, more

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La. Guard’s ‘Gators’ awarded during post deployment ceremony

Awards, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / July 23, 2025

By Maj. Darren T. Herring Jr., Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Construction Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge, July 13. During the ceremony, more than 40 citizen-Soldiers were awarded

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La. Guard’s ‘Wranglers’ awarded during post deployment ceremony

Awards, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / July 16, 2025

By Maj. Darren T. Herring Jr., Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 139th Regional Support Group, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge, July 13. During the ceremony, more than 60 citizen-Soldiers were awarded the Louisiana National

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La. Guard recognizes family volunteers at annual workshop

Awards, Ceremony, Events, Featured News, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / June 11, 2025

By Pfc. Elizabeth Williams, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Office of Family Programs hosted its annual State Family Program Workshop and awards ceremony June 6-8 in Marksville, Louisiana, to recognize volunteers from the Soldier and Family Readiness Group. This year’s workshop was golf-themed and included training, planning and

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La. Guard aviation unit receives medal at post-deployment ceremony

Awards, Ceremony, Featured News, Missions, News Releases, Yellow Ribbon / By Amber Oglesby / August 6, 2024

By Spc Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, held a post-deployment awards ceremony at the Baton Rouge Marriott, August 4. More than 80 Soldiers from A, D and E Companies of the 1-244th AHB returned home from a recent deployment to

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