La. Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade conducts annual training

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative  PINEVILLE, La. – More than 2,300 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Polk in Leesville, Camp Beauregard in Pineville and Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, June 4-18. AT gave units the […]

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La. Guard’s assistant adjutant general visits 139th annual training

By Staff Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet, HHD 139th Regional Support Group CAMP SHELBY, Miss. –The Louisiana National Guard’s 139th Regional Support Group welcomed Maj. Gen. Barry P. Keeling, the assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, to their annual training at Camp Shelby, in Hattiesburg, June 11, as he toured various training locations throughout

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Bayou Militia excels at Silver Flag exercise

By 1st. Lt Larissa Lambert, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – More than 130 Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Civil Engineer and Force Support Squadrons, took part in a Silver Flag exercise at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 4-12. Silver Flag is an opportunity for Airmen to

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La. Guardsmen train with Coast Guard on water rescues

By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers of the 832nd Engineer Utilities Detachment out of Plaquemines, 528th Engineer Battalion, conducted water rescue training with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 4-10, District 8th Coastal Region from Baton Rouge on Bayou Sorrel, June 17. “As a National Guard

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Louisiana, New Mexico Air Guards train together in Guam

By Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) conducted a joint annual training at the Pacific Regional Training -Center, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, with the New Mexico Air National Guard’s 150th SFS May 31

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Louisiana National Guard’s Engineers welcome new leader

First female to command the 225th Engineer Brigade By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Col. Cindy Haygood, a native of Leesville, took command of the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade from Col. Rodney Painting of Amite during an official ceremony at Esler Air Field in Pineville,

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