Louisiana Army National Guard

New Orleans-based 139th Regional Support Group welcomes new commander and senior enlisted leader

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 139th Regional Support Group held an official change of command ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans on Sept. 14, 2025. During the ceremony, Col. Richard T. Douget, incoming commander, assumed command from Col. […]

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La. Guard aviation unit holds departure ceremony at Esler Army Airfield

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 204th Theater Aviation Operations Group bid farewell to family, friends and fellow service members during a departure ceremony held at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Esler Army Airfield in Pineville, La., on Sept. 6,

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La. National Guard mobilizes to support ICE 

By Lt. Col. Noel Collins, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs   NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard federally mobilized select Soldiers and Airmen to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement at several locations in Louisiana beginning August 25, 2025.   LANG Soldiers and Airmen are in a Title 32 status meaning that they remain under

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

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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Louisiana Army National Guard commissions 16 new officers

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Families, friends, mentors and fellow Soldiers filled the Post Theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., to watch as 16 officer candidates graduated from the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School and were commissioned as second lieutenants on Aug.

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

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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