La. Guard aviation unit receives award

NEW ORLEANS – Brig. Gen. Barry Keeling, director of the Louisiana National Guard Joint Staff [far right], congratulates Commander Lt. Col. John L. Bonnette II and Sgt. Maj. Danny W. Bergeron, aircraft maintenance supervisor, both with the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, on their unit receiving the Founders and Patriots of America’s 2012 Outstanding National Guard Award from the Louisiana Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, April 5. (National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing/RELEASED)