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La. Air Guard hosts joint aeromedical evacuation exercise

Louisiana prepares for hurricane season By Air Force 1st. Lt. Larissa Lambert, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard is hosting a joint aeromedical evacuation exercise, Ultimate Caduceus 2015, at the Naval Air Station – Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, April 16-18. Ultimate Caduceus 2015 is a […]

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La. National Guard conducts Christmas Tree Drop in Bayou

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Orleans officials participated in the annual Christmas Tree Drop in Bayou Sauvage in eastern New Orleans, April 2, 2015. Recycled Christmas trees are used to establish a wave break in the Bayou Sauvage

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La. National Guardsmen in crash identified, remembered

NEW ORLEANS – Four Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment who died in a training accident, March 10, have been identified. Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr, 37; Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother, 44; Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron, 40; and Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich, 26;

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La. National Guard to hold press conference and live stream

  Update on helicopter accident in Florida NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard will hold a press conference to update the public through the media on the helicopter accident that occurred March 10 in the Santa Rosa Sound, in Florida, at the Jackson Barracks Museum on Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. Maj. Gen. Glenn

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Update on Recovery Operations of helicopter crash

  By Team Eglin Public Affairs Resolve Marine Group, out of Mobile, Ala., has been contracted to complete the recovery of the UH-60 aircraft from the Santa Rosa Sound. The operation is expected to take approximately eight hours, weather pending. An Army and Coast Guard dive team will also be on site to assist in

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Two La. Guardsmen confirmed killed in crash

  Search moves into recovery operations NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has confirmed two Soldiers involved in the UH-60M Black Hawk training accident crash are dead and have been recovered, March 12. What was a search and rescue operation, has moved into recovery operations for the remaining two Guardsmen. “At this point, we’re

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