By Sgt. Robin Perry, Public Affairs Office MONROE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed home more than 150 Soldiers of the 1022nd Engineer Company from a 365-day deployment to Afghanistan at the Monroe Regional Airport in Monroe, Aug. 18. “It’s great to have them home,” said Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of […]
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New Roads native continues family military tradition By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Stephen C. Dabadie, assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, was recently promoted and officially “pinned” his new rank during a ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Aug. 12. “Today is a
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By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Family, friends and fellow Guardsmen gathered as the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 61st Troop Command changed leadership in an official ceremony at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, La., Aug. 4. Lt. Col. Johnathon W. Ballard Sr., of Geismar, La., assumed
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By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed its first female general officer during a promotion ceremony at the Jackson Barracks Museum in New Orleans, July 27. Col. Joanne F. Sheridan, the LANG’s assistant adjutant general-Army, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and “pinned”
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, was recently promoted and officially “pinned” his new rank during a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge, July 20. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, commander-in-chief of the LANG, attended the ceremony and
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE – Army Col. Alonzo “Lonnie” Luce of Gonzales, La., took command of the Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Leadership Regiment during a change of command ceremony at Camp Cook in Ball, La., May 5. Luce, who serves as the St. James Parish School Board superintendent, received the
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