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Louisiana Army National Guard commissions 16 new officers

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Families, friends, mentors and fellow Soldiers filled the Post Theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., to watch as 16 officer candidates graduated from the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School and were commissioned as second lieutenants on Aug. […]

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Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion holds change of command ceremony

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held an official change of command ceremony at Sterlington Middle School in Sterlington, Louisiana, on August 9, 2025.   Lt. Col. Jeffrey Giering, the incoming commander of the 528th

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

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 Recruiting and Retention Command welcomes new commander and senior enlisted leader

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 18th Recruiting and Retention Battalion held an official change of command ceremony at the Dabadie Gym Complex on Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., on July 17, 2025. During the ceremony, Col. Joseph M. Barnett, incoming commander,

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

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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Louisiana National Guard’s 61st Troop Command Holds Change of Command and Responsibility Ceremony

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 61st Troop Command welcomed its new command team during an official change of command and responsibility ceremony at the Price LeBlanc PACE Center in Gonzales, Louisiana, July 13, 2025.   Col. Stuart M. West, the incoming

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