First burn of Clean Burning Ignitor to be conducted Friday

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – A team of seven personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) from Fort Hood, Texas, will conduct the first of three burns to destroy the Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) Friday, Oct. 28, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at […]

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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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La. National Guard: no ignition scheduled for today

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office  PINEVILLE, La. – Reports that the first of three ignitions to destroy the Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) stored in three magazines located at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden, are inaccurate. There is no activity planned to destroy the CBI today, Oct. 17. Plans and a timeline

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