By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Baton Rouge’s new $58.4 million Armed Forces Reserve Center, Oct. 14, which houses units of the Louisiana National Guard, the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. […]
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By 1st Lt. Angela K. Fry 2-108th Cavalry Squadron Public Affairs Officer RUSTON, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment and Natchitoches Central High School hosted the eighth annual Spur Challenge JROTC Competition at the St. Augustine Church in Melrose, La., Oct. 8. Louisiana’s Cavalry Squadron, headquartered in Shreveport, provided more
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La. Guardsmen help train, provide equipment By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Recruiting and Retention Command Public Affairs Representative NEW ORLEANS – Army ROTC cadets learned how to correctly operate and maneuver Zodiac inflatable boats provided by Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, near the Bonnet Carre Spillway in
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By Pfc. Joshua L. Barnett 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers with the Louisiana Army National Guard participated in the Louisiana Freedom Walk, Sept. 11, at Audubon Park in New Orleans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The 1.9-mile trek around Audubon Park, sponsored by Operation Homefront Louisiana, raised awareness of
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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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