Louisiana Army National Guard

La. Guard’s Infantry hones combat skills during exercise

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Over 3,000 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participated in eXportable Combat Training Capability at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, July 14 – Aug. 3. XCTC is a National Guard program used to provide a similar experience

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Bossier City based La. Guard unit returns home from Afghanistan

By Master Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Families, friends and supportive citizens of the Shreveport-Bossier City community welcomed home members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Battalion returning from service overseas in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, July 14. The approximately 70 members of the

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La. National Guard command sgt. maj. retires after 39 years

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Sapp, former senior enlisted advisor for the Louisiana Army National Guard, retired in an official ceremony after 39 cumulative years of service in the armed forces at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, July 14. Sapp served as

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La. National Guard hosts military kids’ camp in Bunkie

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program hosted Kids’ AT 2018 at the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center in Bunkie, June 11-15. Children and siblings of Louisiana Soldiers and Airmen spent five days attending the fun, military-style summer camp,

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Baton Rouge lawyer promoted to Louisiana Army Guard brigadier general

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana Army National Guardsman John B. Dunlap III was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, June 2. He will become the LANG’s new assistant adjutant general – Army. Dunlap, a Baton Rouge

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