By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard held a hurricane scenario tabletop exercise (TTX) in preparation for the 2022 hurricane season at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 21. A TTX is a simulated emergency response where key emergency management […]
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By Master Sgt. Toby Valadie, LANG Public Affairs Office FORT HOOD, Tx. – Louisiana National Guard Soldiers with the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion and Detachment 1, D Company, 2-151st Aviation Regiment, provided aerial Medical Evacuation and Casualty Evacuation support for the 2022 Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) hosted by the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical
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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard held their annual statewide Disaster Response Exercise (DRX) April 6-9. The LANG partnered with state and local agencies to test and strengthen a combined response between the groups in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. The commander
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By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Regular Army Soldiers with the 46th Engineer Battalion out of Fort Polk in Leesville and the Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a mission transfer of command as part of the
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By Sgt. 1st. Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s special disaster-response team concluded three days of training with a culminating exercise at the Joint Emergency Services Training Center (JESTC) in Zachary, Apr. 5-7. The specialized Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) –
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By Staff Sgt. Ryan J. Sonnier, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs BELLE CHASSE, La. – The 159th Fighter Wing, with Maj. Chris Raschke as the readiness exercise project officer, conducted a pre-deployment exercise to measure the wing’s readiness levels and proficiencies, March 10-12. “The exercise’s overall purpose is to test our ability to generate the
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