Guardsmen take MAC V Regional championship By 1st Lt. Angela K. Fry Louisiana Marksmanship Team Public Affairs Representative RUSTON, La. – The Louisiana National Guard marksmanship team ‘gunned down’ the competition at the annual MAC V Regional Marksmanship Championship in Hastings, Neb., taking the overall team championship and various team and individual honors, Aug. 19-21. […]
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PINEVILLE, La. – Marking the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Louisiana National Guard, family and friends bid farewell to approximately 170 Soldiers of the 1086th Transportation Company during a deployment ceremony at Louisiana College in Pineville, Sept. 11. Governor Jindal said, “Today, we send the 1086th Company off to Afghanistan. We send you off because
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By Sgt. Robin C. Perry Louisiana National Guard, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Army Maj. Gen. John P. Basilica Jr. of Baton Rouge said farewell to the Louisiana National Guard and 33 years of military service during a retirement ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Sept. 9. “John is a great American, a
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NEW ORLEANS—The Louisiana National Guard is continuing to assist the Department of Agriculture and Forestry with its aerial firefighting operations in the Vivian area, Sept. 9, combating wildfires threatening 30 structures. Yesterday, at Gov. Bobby Jindal’s direction, the LANG deployed four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to begin water-drop operations using helibuckets—large buckets carrying water suspended
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Louisiana Army National Guard water-drop operations continue in Caddo Parish BATON ROUGE, La.—After successfully suppressing wildfires in Caddo Parish, Governor Bobby Jindal ordered the Louisiana National Guard to begin additional aerial firefighting operations in the Vivian area, Sept. 8. The LANG’s firefighting mission ended yesterday due to the containment of the fire and successful suppression
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By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – Louisiana National Guard Soldiers, Airmen, and local community leaders gathered at a ground-breaking ceremony for Camp Minden’s new $19 million Armed Forces Reserve Center, Sept. 7, which is the first LANG AFRC in north Louisiana. “Today is about partnership … partnership and
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