By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The second burn of 114,000 pounds of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) stored in magazine #2432 was successfully conducted today at 8:32 a.m., at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden. Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance […]
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The first burn of 820 pounds of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) stored in magazine #505 was successfully conducted today at 11:30 a.m., at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden. Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – A team of seven personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) from Fort Hood, Texas, will conduct the first of three burns to destroy the Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) Friday, Oct. 28, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Specialist PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s state marksmanship program had 74 Soldiers and Airmen from around the state compete in the annual Adjutant General’s Marksmanship Match with hopes of making the Governor’s Twenty, at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Oct. 13-14. 1st Sgt. Tommy McGee of Columbia,
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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Reports that the first of three ignitions to destroy the Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) stored in three magazines located at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden, are inaccurate. There is no activity planned to destroy the CBI today, Oct. 17. Plans and a timeline
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1st Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – A public town hall meeting was held at Camp Minden in Minden, to provide an update on the disposal process of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI), Oct. 13. The Environmental Protection Agency, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Military Department and Louisiana State
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