BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard provided ceremonial support during the inauguration of Gov. John Bel Edwards at the Capitol in Baton Rouge, Jan. 11, 2016, including many of the sights, sounds and ceremonial flair. The 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, also known as the Washington Artillery, fired a 19-gun salute and […]
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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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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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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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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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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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