Command – Louisiana National Guard

Louisiana National Guard’s ‘Protect What Matters’ motto shines through during 2025

Awards, Command, Community Involvement, Deployment, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, News Releases, State Partnership Program, Training / By Duncan Foote / December 23, 2025

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard navigated the 2025 calendar year marked by triumphs and tragedies, lethality and sustainability, and readiness rooted in tradition. Throughout every mission and milestone, LANG’s motto— “Protect What Matters”—remained front and center. The year began under […]

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Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion holds change of command ceremony

Ceremony, Command, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / August 14, 2025

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held an official change of command ceremony at Sterlington Middle School in Sterlington, Louisiana, on August 9, 2025. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Giering, the incoming commander of the 528th

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La. Guard intelligence battalion welcomes new commander and sergeant major

Ceremony, Command, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / July 24, 2024

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 415th Military Intelligence Battalion (Interrogation) welcomed its new command team, Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Barrett Lancon and Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Mount, during an official change of command and change of responsibility ceremony at Gillis W.

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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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More than three decades of ‘Being Excellent Every Day’

Ceremony, Command, Events, Featured News, News Releases, Retirement / By Peter Drasutis / March 14, 2024

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

Ceremony, Command, Events, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / March 12, 2024

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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