Guard working around clock to protect Morgan City

By: Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office AMELIA, La.  – The Louisiana National Guard continues to work around the clock with the Saint Mary Levee District, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Port of Morgan City, and several local private businesses to construct a levee of HESCO barriers on Avoca Island […]

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Guard assists Krotz Springs community with flood protection

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Approximately 60 members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, worked in partnership with the community of Krotz Springs and the Department of Transportation and Development to build protective flood barriers in Krotz Springs, Louisiana,

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La. Guard building 2 miles of levees to protect Morgan City

BATON ROUGE, La. – More than 270 Louisiana National Guardsmen are working across the state to build protective barriers against the approaching flood waters and to patrol levees in support of local, parish and state officials at the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Jan. 9. The 256th Infantry Brigade

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La. Guard begins building protective barriers, patrols levees

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard has now mobilized more than 250 personnel in an effort to build protective barriers against the approaching flood waters and to patrol levees in support of local, parish and state officials at the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Jan. 8. The

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La. Guard prepares for winter flooding

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has mobilized more than 70 personnel, with more expected in the coming days, to assist local, parish and state emergency officials in advance of expected river flooding at the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The LANG has established mission commands and staged

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‘Best Christmas present ever’ – 1023rd Engineer Company returns home on Christmas Eve from deployment

PINEVILLE, La. – Christmas came a day early for the Louisiana National Guard’s 1023rd Engineer Company, as they arrived home to eager friends and family at a welcome-home event at the Monroe Regional Airport – Century Link hangar, Dec. 24. More than 150 Soldiers with the 1023rd, headquartered in Bastrop with detachments in Monroe and

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