Louisiana Army National Guard – Page 46

West Monroe native wins All-Army Combatives Championship

Community Involvement, Featured News, Fitness, Louisiana Army National Guard, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / May 17, 2019

By Spc. Megan Zander, Louisiana National Guard Recruiting and Retention NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman Sgt. Dillon Fraley, of West Monroe, won the welterweight division of the 2019 Lacerda Cup, an All-Army combatives national championship at Fort Benning in Georgia, April 12. Fraley, a 24-year-old combatives instructor for the LANG’s Recruit Sustainment Program, trains […]

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Shreveport Guardsmen aim for excellence

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / April 26, 2019

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Staff Sgt. Benjamin Cotten and Sgt. Allen Smith, both Shreveport residents with the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, outshot 22 two-man teams and brought home top honors in the 48th Winston P.

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La. Guard trains Belize Defence Force YCP Cadre

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, State Partnership Program, Youth Challenge Program / By Louisiana National Guard / April 25, 2019

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program welcomed cadre from Belize’s Youth Challenge Program to attend the Challenge Program Instruction Course at Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, March 31-April 13. The Belize Defence Force recently took over the Belize program for

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Alexandria female Soldier makes history in La. National Guard

Ceremony, Featured News, History, Louisiana Army National Guard, Promotions / By Louisiana National Guard / April 18, 2019

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Alexandria native Katrina Lloyd made history when she became the second African-American woman to be promoted to the rank of colonel by the Louisiana National Guard, April 12. Lloyd was joined by her family, friends, fellow Guardsmen and city and

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Louisiana National Guard promotes newest colonel

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Promotions / By Louisiana National Guard / April 10, 2019

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman Robert “Chad” Herndon was promoted to the rank of colonel during an official ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, April 7. Herndon, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, and a graduate of Bastrop High School in Bastrop, Louisiana,

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La. National Guard promotes chaplain to lieutenant colonel

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, Promotions / By Louisiana National Guard / April 10, 2019

By Sgt. Renee Seruntine, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS– Joined by friends, family and colleagues, the Louisiana National Guard promoted Page M. Brooks, chaplain of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, to the rank of lieutenant colonel at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, April 7. “It’s always great to come together and recognize

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