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256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomes new leader Lake Charles resident takes command at Cajun Field

By Cadet Leah McPeek, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative LAFAYETTE, La. — The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed its new commander, Col. Keith Waddell, at an official change of command ceremony at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Dec. 2. Waddell, a resident of Lake […]

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Pelican Profile: SFC N'Kosi Campbell Docu Short

Meet Pelican Profile subject SFC N’Kosi Campbell, a successful MMA fighter. Campbell describes how his passion for teaching combatives to Soldiers in the Louisiana National Guard led to his new career in the ring.  Check it out!!!! [vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/0fEywQFLcwY” size=”950X400″ width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”]

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Pelican Profile: SFC N’Kosi Campbell Docu Short

Meet Pelican Profile subject SFC N’Kosi Campbell, a successful MMA fighter. Campbell describes how his passion for teaching combatives to Soldiers in the Louisiana National Guard led to his new career in the ring.  Check it out!!!! [vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/0fEywQFLcwY” size=”950X400″ width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”]

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Air Guard performs variety of hurricane response missions

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PORT SULPHUR, La. – Every mission matters to Louisiana National Guardsmen and when tasked with helping to rebuild a small fishing community located in the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Airmen gladly stepped up to the challenge. For many in the Air Guard, the mission sets were

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Louisiana Guard promotes new general officer

Director of the Joint Staff earns star during hurricane ops By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Taking a brief break from Hurricane Isaac response operations, friends, family, and fellow Louisiana National Guardsmen gathered at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Sept. 6, for the promotion of Brig. Gen. Barry

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Army Guard aviation drops super-sand bags to stop flooding

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters continue to drop 4,000-pound sandbags, Sept. 6, to prevent flooding from a levee breach in the Braithwaite area of Plaquemines Parish, La. To date, LANG air assets have flown more than 494.9 flight hours, moved more than 300 personnel, and transported more than 1

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