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La. National Guard, Community honors fallen Thibodaux native

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, family, friends and the community of Hammond, came together to honor fallen Soldier Staff Sgt. Lance J. Bergeron of Thibodaux, during funeral services at the Woodland Park Baptist Church, March 30. Bergeron and three other Louisiana Guardsmen from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment died in […]

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La. National Guard, Community honors fallen Alexandria native

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, family, friends and the communities of Central Louisiana, came together to honor fallen Soldier Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother of Pineville, during funeral services at the Alexandria Riverfront Convention Center and Alexandria Memorial Gardens, March 26.   Strother and three other Louisiana Guardsmen from the 1st

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La. National Guard honors fallen Thibodaux Soldier

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, family, friends and the community of Hammond, Louisiana, honored fallen Army Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron of Thibodaux, during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at Hammond Regional Airport, March 25. Bergeron and three other Louisiana Guardsmen from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th

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La. National Guard, Community honor fallen Soldier

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, family, friends and the community of Central Louisiana, honored fallen Soldier Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother from Pineville, during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Aviation Support Facility #2 at Esler Air Field, March 24. Strother and three other Louisiana Guardsmen from the 1st Assault

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LANG makes history with new air traffic control tower

­­ By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard recently made history when they began providing air traffic control services at the Hammond Northshore Regional Airport. “Standing up a tower in the national airspace is something that hasn’t been done in many, many, many years,” said

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Louisiana Army National Guard promotes new colonel

By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues, the Louisiana National Guard promoted Michael Kazmierzak, of Covington, Louisiana, to the rank of colonel at the Louisiana National Guard’s Military History and Weapons Museum, located on Historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans,

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