By Sgt. Michael Farrar, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Junior Reserve Officer Training cadets from St. Tammany and Washington Parish high schools participated in an All Sports Day event sponsored by the Louisiana National Guard at Lakeshore High School in Mandeville, La., April 6. Each of the high school groups took […]
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In honor of the theme for National Women’s History Month 2013, “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,” we speak with Louisiana National Guardsman 1st Lieutenant Melissa Cramer, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with the 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, about her journey to become an officer in the military
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By Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion received the Founders and Patriots of America’s 2012 Outstanding National Guard Unit Award at Jackson Barracks, April 5. “When I read the history of the 1-244th, we became aware that not only this unit serves
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By Cadet Leah McPeek, 256th IBCT Public Affairs Representative LAFAYETTE, La. – Local Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were recognized during the University of Louisiana at Lafayette versus McNeese State baseball game at the M.L. Tigue Moore Field, April 2. ULL’s Scott Farmer, director of athletics and
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NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard and Warriors from the LANG’s Recruit Sustainment Program provide entertainment and giveaways to participants and volunteers of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic 10K race at City Park, in New Orleans, March 30. For more photos, please visit the Louisiana National Guard Flickr page:
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The Louisiana National Guard joins local, state and federal agencies in the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Disaster Response Exercise, March 23, 2013, in St. Tammany and St. Landry parishes. The DRX provided all partnering agencies a chance to conduct joint disaster response operations in a controlled environment well in advance of
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