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La. Guard promotes engineer leader, Gonzales resident to general officer

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, State Public Affairs Office Baton Rouge, La. – Louisiana Army National Guardsman Cindy Haygood was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, July 11. Haygood currently serves as the Louisiana National Guard’s assistant adjutant general. Her responsibilities […]

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La. Guard assists at new Baton Rouge COVID-19 testing sites

COVID-19, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / July 8, 2020

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by Governor John Bel Edwards, currently has over 1,140 soldiers and airmen assisting with the COVID-19 response, July 7. Starting yesterday, four new testing sites have been set up in the Baton Rouge area in order to better

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La. Guard preps for TS Cristobal, continues COVID-19 operations

Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / June 7, 2020

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard is preparing for emergency operations ahead of Tropical Storm Cristobal, June 7, 2020, while continuing its COVID-19 response missions. Louisiana’s Guardsmen are trained, remain ready and fully equipped to stand up at any moment to protect lives and property, maintain communications,

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La. Guard’s Engineer Brigade conducts change of command

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / May 6, 2020

By Master Sgt. Toby Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Col. Cindy Haygood relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade to Lt. Col. John “Greg” St. Romain during an official ceremony at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, May 4. “I’d

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Operation Gratitude

COVID-19, Disaster Response, Featured News, Guard Minute, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard / By Louisiana National Guard / April 29, 2020

Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors, who have been working the COVID-19 relief efforts, receive bags containing comfort items from Operation Gratitude, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 28, 2020. More than 1,200 bags, containing various goodies and letters, have been packed and sent to 25 sites around the state to troops who have been away from home for

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La Task Force Commander COVID-19

COVID-19, Featured News, Guard Minute, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / April 27, 2020

Louisiana National Guard Brig. Gen. Lee Hopkins, commander Joint Task Louisiana, describes what it means to be a dual status commander during the COVID-19 response, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26, 2020. Brig. Gen. Hopkins is in command of Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors across the state that are responding in the Louisiana. (U.S. Army National Guard

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