By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Approximately 75 Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Battalion, bid farewell to family and friends during a deployment ceremony at the Bossier Parish Community College gymnasium in Bossier City, Sept. 11. The Bossier […]
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard will no longer deploy Soldiers to Florida to help in response and recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma after the request was cancelled by the Florida National Guard early this morning, Sept. 12. Col. Cindy Haygood, commander of the 225th Engineer Brigade,
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By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – There is an old adage about educators that has been proven wrong time and again by those who instruct and mold minds under their tutelage. Staff Sgt. Nicole Bourgeois, of the Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 199th Regiment Regional Training Institute,
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By Airman 1st Class Dane St. Pe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office VIDOR, Texas – The Louisiana Air National Guard provided coordination and communication support for military units, law enforcement, volunteer search and rescue teams and other first responders during the flood evacuation efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Vidor, Texas, Sept
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By Capt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Black hawks brought a special delivery of critically needed medical supplies, blood and labor and delivery nurses for two hospitals in hurricane ravaged Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 30. The extensive flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey crippled the supply
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By Capt. Larissa Lambert, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office SULPHUR, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, headquartered in Pineville, mobilized two Joint Tactical Air Controller teams to Southland Field in Sulphur to assist with air search and rescue missions in response to Hurricane Harvey, Aug 30. They act
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