Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has rescued nearly 3,400 people and 400 pets during search and rescue operations due to heavy flash flooding in 12 parishes since operations began, Aug. 12. Nearly 1,700 personnel are mobilized and nearly 195 high-water vehicles tasked or staged to assist local, […]
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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has rescued nearly 500 people and 61 pets during search and rescue operations due to heavy flash flooding in seven different parishes, including 15 rescues by air, during the last 24 hours. More than 1,000 personnel are mobilized and nearly 170 high-water
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Command partnered with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s football team for a leadership and teamwork exercise at the leadership reaction course at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, July 8. The Ragin’ Cajuns sent 15 seniors to participate in
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By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Engineer Brigade, headquartered in Pineville, and the 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Eng. Bde., headquartered in Monroe, conducted two weeks of annual training (AT) throughout the state, June 4-18. During AT, Guardsmen trained
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By 1st Lt. Rebekah Malone and Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Office SHREVEPORT, La. – Retired Maj. Gen. Ansel ‘Buddy’ M. Stroud Jr., former adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, was laid to rest with military honors at the Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, July 7. Stroud passed away at the age of
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative PINEVILLE, La. – More than 2,300 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Polk in Leesville, Camp Beauregard in Pineville and Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, June 4-18. AT gave units the
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