225th Engineer Brigade

Plaquemine National Guard unit deploys to Iraq

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS, La. – Friends, families and community members gathered to bid farewell to the Louisiana National Guard’s 832nd Engineer Detachment, 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, during a deployment ceremony at the Carl F. Grant Civic Center in Plaquemine, July 31. More than

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2019 DRX Guard Minute

The Louisiana National Guard and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness coordinated with 48 federal, state and local partners from around the state in an annual disaster response exercise designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and cohesive action between various government and non-governmental agencies, April 5-7.

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La. Guard, local agencies practice disaster readiness

By Spc. Cody Wolfgang Kellum, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness coordinated with 48 federal, state and local partners from around the state in an annual disaster response exercise designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and cohesive action

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La Guard Minute 1020th Homecoming

More than 150 Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 1020th Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade returned home after a nine-month deployment at Million Air Alexandria in Alexandria, Sept. 1. The Marksville-based unit was deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan to provide vertical construction operations to improve forward operating base conditions in support

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Marksville National Guard unit returns from overseas

By Spc. Anna Churco, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE– More than 150 Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 1020th Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade returned home after a nine-month deployment at Million Air Alexandria in Alexandria, Sept. 1. The Marksville-based unit was deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan to provide

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