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New Orleans Guard unit trains for deployment to Iraq

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / November 3, 2017

By Staff Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet, 139th RSG Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 139th Regional Support Group, completed a three-week pre-mobilization annual training at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Oct. 2-22. The training allowed the approximately 80 Soldiers to fine tune their skills and complete required training before […]

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Local community gives Guard unit big send-off

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions / By Louisiana National Guard / October 19, 2017

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Nearly 1,000 friends, families and community members gathered to bid farewell to the Louisiana National Guard’s 1020th Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, during a deployment ceremony at Avoyelles Public Charter School in Mansura, Oct. 18. More than 150 Soldiers

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Louisiana National Guard aviators deploy to Kuwait

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions / By Louisiana National Guard / October 19, 2017

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – More than 140 Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, bid farewell to family and friends during a deployment ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, Oct. 6. The Hammond-based unit, known

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La. Guard Soldiers reflect on deployment success

Around The State, Featured News, Home Page, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / November 4, 2015

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, friends and families welcomed home to Monroe the 528th Engineer Battalion from their deployment six months ago. As the unit reintegrates, many of the Soldiers took the opportunity to look back on their deployment and all they accomplished

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La. National Guard better, stronger 10 years after Katrina

Around The State, Disaster Response, Featured News, Home Page, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / September 10, 2015

By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated Southeastern Louisiana. Three weeks later Hurricane Rita did the same in Southwestern Louisiana. The Louisiana National Guard played a crucial role in the immediate response to both storms, as well as the recovery. Efforts were complicated,

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La. Guard completes four-year project at Bayou DeChene

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, News Releases, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / July 31, 2015

For video B-Roll of this story, please visit www.dvidshub.net/video/417486 By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade have been gaining rare experience that directly relates to their wartime mission, by helping a community right here in Louisiana, each summer for the

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