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More than three decades of ‘Being Excellent Every Day’

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – What started as a simple thought on the way home from a coaching conference has become the mantra many Soldiers and Airmen in the Louisiana National Guard strive to uphold: Be Excellent Every Day. On the evening of March 9, friends, […]

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Louisiana welcomes new adjutant general, first combat infantry leader in 54 years

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Friloux officially assumed command as the adjutant general of Louisiana during a formal ceremony at the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville, Mar. 10. The ceremony marked the beginning of new leadership for the LANG and paid tribute

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La. National Guard top recruiters recognized during ceremony

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 18th Recruiting and Retention Battalion held its annual awards ceremony to recognize the Louisiana National Guard’s top recruiters at the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, Mar. 1. During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. Thomas Friloux, adjutant general

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La. National Guard maintenance unit awarded La. War Cross during ceremony

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 3673rd Support Maintenance Company, 415th Military Intelligence Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge, Feb 4. During the award ceremony, 126 outstanding citizen-Soldiers received

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La. National Guard’s ‘Tigator’ battalion welcomes new commander

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La – The Louisiana National Guard’s 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed Lt. Col. Michael Bendich III as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge, Feb. 4.

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La. Guard breaks ground on Minden Collective Training & Unaccompanied Housing Barracks Project

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office CAMP MINDEN, La – The Louisiana National Guard held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing, Open-Bay Barracks at Camp Minden in Minden, Louisiana, Jan. 31. The Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing, Open-Bay Barracks will serve to house a company size element, up

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