La. Guard graduates new class of officers

BALL, La. – Brig. Gen. Glenn Curtis, director of the joint staff, presents the National Guard Association of Louisiana Award for Physical Fitness to Officer Candidate Tolliver Washington, Aug. 27, 2011. The Louisiana National Guards 199th Leadership Regiment held a graduation ceremony to commission 33 new officers at Tioga High School in Ball, La. Louisiana’s officer candidate school is designed to commission the future leaders of the Army National Guard. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released)