Training

La. Guard’s special disaster team ready to respond

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office          NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s special disaster-response team concluded three days of training with a final evaluation exercise to maintain its Department of Defense certification at the Joint Emergency Services Training Center in Zachary, Jan 4-7. More than 200 LANG Soldiers […]

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La. Guard Soldiers support Orient Shield 2016

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Specialist AIBANO TRAINING AREA, Japan – The Louisiana National Guard sent 22 Soldiers with the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to participate in Orient Shield 2016 at the Aibano Training Area in Japan to support 10th Support Group (Regional), Aug. 30 – Sept. 23. This was the 31st

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La. Guard’s Basic Leader Course now multicomponent

By Sgt. Nashoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) Basic Leader Course at Camp Cook in Ball is now known as the One Army School System BLC, making it the first multi-component noncommissioned officer academy in the National Guard. The school

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La. Guard Soldiers, Airmen shoot for marksmanship honors

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Specialist  PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s state marksmanship program had 74 Soldiers and Airmen from around the state compete in the annual Adjutant General’s Marksmanship Match with hopes of making the Governor’s Twenty, at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Oct. 13-14. 1st Sgt. Tommy McGee of Columbia,

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Blended Retirement

Military OneSource will repeat its “Introduction to the Blended Retirement System” webinar on September 19, 2016 at 1 pm EST.   Space is limited, registration is located here The webinar will be recorded for playback on the Military OneSource website. BRS information is available on the DoD website #BlendedRetirement

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La. Guardsmen improve skills during annual training

By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Engineer Brigade, headquartered in Pineville, and the 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Eng. Bde., headquartered in Monroe, conducted two weeks of annual training (AT) throughout the state, June 4-18. During AT, Guardsmen trained

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