By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, held an official change of command ceremony at the 199th BSB Armory in Alexandria, La., on August 23, 2025. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Darby A. […]
NEW ORLEANS – This fall, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, commemorates the 20th anniversary of its redeployment from Iraq in September 2005, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. After 18 months of federal mobilization, including combat training and deployment to Iraq,
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By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Families, friends, mentors and fellow Soldiers filled the Post Theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., to watch as 16 officer candidates graduated from the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School and were commissioned as second lieutenants on Aug.
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By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by the president of the United States, is federalizing and activating to Washington, D.C., to support the Metropolitan Police Department, the District of Columbia National Guard and D.C. local law enforcement beginning August 16,
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By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held an official change of command ceremony at Sterlington Middle School in Sterlington, Louisiana, on August 9, 2025. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Giering, the incoming commander of the 528th
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BELLE CHASSE, La. – Thanks to a successful appeal policy started by Senior Airman Kierra Williams, aerospace medical service specialist, 159th Medical Group, aerospace medics of the Louisiana Air National Guard can now use military medical training to obtain their Licensed Practical Nurse license. Previously, the requirements to become an LPN were vocational training
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