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La. Guard and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness enhance hurricane readiness during 2025 ‘Cajun Jumanji’ statewide exercise amid agency integration

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office     NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness along with multiple state and local agencies, participated in the 2025 statewide disaster response exercise, Cajun Jumanji, held April 8–10 in Baton Rouge.   […]

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La. Guard commissions four new officers

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) held a graduation ceremony to commission four new officers from the Officer Candidate School at LANG Training Center Pineville, April 12, 2025.     “First things first, congratulations on achieving this significant

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La. Guard’s ‘Tiger Brigade’ holds deployment ceremony ahead of overseas mission

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Approximately 700 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the “Tiger Brigade,” were honored during a deployment ceremony held at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette, April 13. The Guardsmen are deploying in support of Operation Joint

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La. Guard announces stationing of the 178th Cyber Protection Team at Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier

By Lt. Col. Noel Collins, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs                                                                                                    NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) stations the 178th Cyber Protection Team in Bossier City at the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) in the summer of 2025. Louisiana State Senator Adam Bass, Maj. Gen. Thomas Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana and Kevin Nolten,

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La. Guard engineers train on new all-terrain cranes

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 927th Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion received a new Family of All-Terrain Cranes (FOTAC) Type I and completed Scheduled Maintenance New Equipment Training at LANG Training Center Pineville, March 19-20. The FOTAC Type I is a

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La. Guard’s ‘Best Warriors’ aim for regional title

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Seventeen of the Louisiana National Guard’s top Soldiers competed in the 2025 Best Warrior Competition LANG Training Center Pineville, March 24-28. The annual event challenges Soldiers and noncommissioned officers in both basic and advanced warrior tasks. The top-performing Soldier and NCO are

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