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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The Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the annual Christmas Tree Drop in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans East, March 28. During the operation, LANG aviators hooked up and dropped bundles of recycled Christmas trees provided
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By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the annual Christmas Tree Drop in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans East, March 28. During
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By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – After spending three long weeks training for an upcoming deployment overseas, the Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 39th Military Police Company, 773rd MP Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group were ready to go home to their families and wind down with
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – “It’s exciting on one hand to be able to claim that I am the first junior enlisted in the Louisiana Guard to have done this, but at the same time surprising,” said Spc. William Gondy, an infantryman with A Company, 3rd Battalion,
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By Staff Sgt. Cindy Au, Louisiana Air National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Col. Matt Rippen assumed command of the 159th Fighter Wing from Col. Shawn Coco in a formal ceremony held at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, March 9. Rippen started his Air Force career at the United States
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