By Capt. Johnnie Brown Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 139th Regional Support Group BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion welcomed Lt. Col. Mark A. Howard as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony on the parade field at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., May 19. Howard of Baton […]
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BATON ROUGE – Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, presented Johnnie Mosby, a U.S. Army Korean War veteran, with a Purple Heart at the 769th Engineer Battalion armory, May 19, 2013. Mosby was shot in the left elbow in 1953 and taken hostage as a prisoner of war. He
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By Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion received the Founders and Patriots of America’s 2012 Outstanding National Guard Unit Award at Jackson Barracks, April 5. “When I read the history of the 1-244th, we became aware that not only this unit serves
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1084th Transportation Company bids farewell By Sgt. Michael Farrar, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detatchment NEW ORLEANS – Preparation and experience were among the highlighted themes as the Louisiana National Guard, family, and friends bid farewell to the 1084th Transportation Company during a deployment ceremony at the St. John Center in LaPlace, La., Feb.
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NEW ORLEANS – Friends and family members gathered to say farewell to Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company and the 205th Engineer Battalion during deployment ceremonies held Jan. 31 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., and the university center of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La. More than
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By Staff Sgt. Robin C. Perry, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program and Bossier Parish Community College signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Camp Minden today. Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the LANG, said, “Thank you to Bossier Parish Community College for
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