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La. Assistant Adjutant General – Army, a Lake Charles native, achieves one-star rank

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / July 16, 2024

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard promoted Guardsman Jason Paul Mahfouz to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville’s post theater, July 13. Brig. Gen. Mahfouz is the assistant adjutant general – Army for the […]

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La. Guard recognizes family volunteers at annual workshop

Ceremony, Community Involvement, Featured News, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / July 11, 2024

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Office of Family Programs hosted their annual State Family Program Workshop and awards ceremony recognizing volunteers of the Soldier and Family Readiness Group in Lafayette, Louisiana, June 28-30. This year’s workshop theme was “Race to Readiness” and

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La. Adjutant General achieves two-star general milestone

Ceremony, Command, Featured News, News Releases, Promotions / By Amber Oglesby / July 3, 2024

By Lt. Col. Noel Collins, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS, La. – Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana, was promoted with his new rank during an official ceremony at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, July 3. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, commander-in-chief of

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La. Guard Soldiers awarded War Cross during ceremony

Awards, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / June 7, 2024

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 773rd Military Police Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, held a post-deployment awards ceremony in Alexandria, June 2. During the ceremony, more than 50 Soldiers received the LANG War Cross Medal. This medal

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La. National Guard Engineer Soldiers to deploy overseas

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / May 31, 2024

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Construction Company said farewell to family and friends during an official deployment ceremony in Covington, May 25.The Covington-based unit is mobilizing more than 40 Guardsmen to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in

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Louisiana National Guard graduates six new officers

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / April 18, 2024

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) held a graduation ceremony to commission six new officers from the Officer Candidate School at LANG Training Center Pineville, April 13. “Being a leader in the military is one of the

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