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La. Guard’s Tiger Brigade Marks 20th Anniversary of Redeployment and Hurricane Response

Disaster Response, Featured News, History, Home Page, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / August 28, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – This fall, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, commemorates the 20th anniversary of its redeployment from Iraq in September 2005, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. After 18 months of federal mobilization, including combat training and deployment to Iraq, […]

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Medics Eligible for LPN Licensure Through Military Training

Featured News, Home Page, Louisiana Air National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Peter Drasutis / August 13, 2025

BELLE CHASSE, La. – Thanks to a successful appeal policy started by Senior Airman Kierra Williams, aerospace medical service specialist, 159th Medical Group, aerospace medics of the Louisiana Air National Guard can now use military medical training to obtain their Licensed Practical Nurse license. Previously, the requirements to become an LPN were vocational training

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La. National Guard enlists first female field artillery Soldier

Around The State, Home Page, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / December 11, 2015

By Spc. Megan V. Zander, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced last week that all military jobs will be open to women. For the first time in U.S. military history, gender will no longer be a deciding factor or disqualification. The Army had already begun the process

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Youth ChalleNGe Program to graduate 28 cadets in new pilot program

Around The State, Home Page, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / December 9, 2015

La. National Guard’s YCP offers first-ever industry-based certifications By 1st Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – For the first-time ever, the Louisiana National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program will graduate 28 cadets with an industry-based skills certification as part of its workforce development pilot program, Dec. 12. This pilot program

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La. Guard awards senator with Distinguished Civilian Service Medal

Around The State, Ceremony, Home Page, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / December 5, 2015

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard awarded State Senator Robert R. Adley with the Louisiana Distinguished Civilian Service Medal during a ceremony at the Louisiana State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, Dec. 2. “We wanted to present you with this

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First La. Guardsmen awarded new instructor badge

Around The State, Ceremony, Home Page, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / December 2, 2015

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 199th Leadership Regiment presented 14 instructors with the Basic Army Instructor Badge during a ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Nov. 19. The badge was created in 2013 as part of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System Instructor

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