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La. Air National Guard senior leader retires after 25 years

By Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Command Chief Master Sgt. Allan C. Floyd, the sixth senior enlisted advisor of the Louisiana Air National Guard (LAANG), retired during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Feb. 6. “Chief Floyd is what we call a battlefield Airman. […]

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State-of-the-art cyber training facility opens in Baton Rouge

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, LANG Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Stephenson Technologies Corporation (STC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Joint Cyber Range and Training Center on the Water Campus in Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 1, 2022. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to meet the current and

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La. Guard breaks ground for multi-million dollar housing project

By Warrant Officer Thea James, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen, architects, and other state leaders broke ground at the future site of a multi-million dollar military housing project at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Nov. 30, 2021. Previously announced by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2019, this project

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La. Guard breaks ground on new readiness center in Pineville

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana National Guard held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new readiness center at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Nov. 3. The Camp Beauregard Readiness Center will house Soldiers from the 2228th Military Police Company and Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, after their

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Maj. Gen. Lee Hopkins, assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, watches as Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Ockman, senior enlisted leader of the LANG, unfurls and presents the two-star general officer flag during his promotion ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aug. 20, 2021. Hopkins, who has served in the Army for 37 years, is currently the principal military advisor to the adjutant general of the LANG, and is responsible for assisting in the deployment and coordination of programs, policies, and plans for the Louisiana Army and Air National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou)

La. Guard’s assistant adjutant general earns two-star rank

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard promoted Maj. Gen. Lee Hopkins, assistant adjutant general of the LANG, with his second star during a ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 20. “When we first started working

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La. National Guard commissions large class of 15 new officers

By Staff Sgt. Thea James, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office  PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) held a graduation ceremony to commission 15 new officers at the Camp Beauregard Dabadie Gymnasium in Pineville, Aug. 8. The newly commissioned second lieutenants received their oath of service from Maj. Gen.

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