By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – In an official ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) was deactivated. In the same ceremony, the 769th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade transformed […]
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Spc. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard held an official ribbon cutting ceremony for a new readiness center in Franklinton, Sept. 23. The new state-of-the art center was completed July 15. It covers more than 30,000 square feet and cost roughly $13.5 million to build. The readiness center will
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By 1st Lt. Rebekah Malone and Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Office SHREVEPORT, La. – Retired Maj. Gen. Ansel ‘Buddy’ M. Stroud Jr., former adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, was laid to rest with military honors at the Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, July 7. Stroud passed away at the age of
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First female to command the 225th Engineer Brigade By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Col. Cindy Haygood, a native of Leesville, took command of the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade from Col. Rodney Painting of Amite during an official ceremony at Esler Air Field in Pineville,
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By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment [metaslider id=9023] NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard promoted a general officer to the rank of major general during an official pinning ceremony at the Ansel M. Stroud Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum at Jackson Barracks, in New Orleans, May 15. Barry D.
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By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 139th Regional Support Group welcomed Col. Mark Howard as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, May 15. Howard, a Baton Rouge native, assumed command from Col. Cindy
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