Training

New Orleans Guard unit trains for deployment to Iraq

By Staff Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet, 139th RSG Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 139th Regional Support Group, completed a three-week pre-mobilization annual training at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Oct. 2-22. The training allowed the approximately 80 Soldiers to fine tune their skills and complete required training before […]

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La. Guard ‘stands down’ for Florida response, remains ready

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard will no longer deploy Soldiers to Florida to help in response and recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma after the request was cancelled by the Florida National Guard early this morning, Sept. 12. Col. Cindy Haygood, commander of the 225th Engineer Brigade,

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Staff Sgt. Nicole Bourgeois, 2016 TRADOC National Guard Instructor of the Year, 1st Battalion (Noncommissioned Officer Academy), 199th Regiment Regional Training Institute at Camp Cook in Ball, Louisiana, receives a plaque and congratulations from Gen. David Perkins, commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, TRADOC senior enlisted leader, during the 2016 TRADOC Instructor of the Year ceremony at the Fort Eustis Club in Virginia, Aug. 3, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Angel Clemons)

La. National Guard educator named top instructor nationally

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – There is an old adage about educators that has been proven wrong time and again by those who instruct and mold minds under their tutelage. Staff Sgt. Nicole Bourgeois, of the Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 199th Regiment Regional Training Institute,

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La. Guard’s 256th Infantry participates in warfighter exercise

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participated in a brigade Warfighter exercise at Fort Polk in Leesville, May 5-20. The Warfighter exercise is a two-week command and control exercise to test and evaluate a headquarters reaction, and methods of

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Louisiana Guard cyber warriors train tirelessly to defend U.S. on the web

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Guardsman, Sgt. Austin Rome, looks down at a row of laptops arranged in front of him during Exercise Cyber Shield 17, a training exercise that involves 850 Soldiers and Airmen from more than 42 states and territories, several state and

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Louisiana National Guard’s cyber team travels to Utah for exercise

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BLUFFDALE, Utah – The Louisiana National Guard’s Cyber Defense Incident Response Team and Defense Cyber Operations Element are training in support of Cyber Shield 17 at Camp W.G. Williams in Bluffdale, to hone their cyber defense skills, April 23 – May 6. Cyber Shield

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