Louisiana Army National Guard

Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 199th Regiment welcomes new commander

By Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) held an official change of command ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., on September 13, 2025. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Kenneth D. Paul, outgoing commander, relinquished command […]

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La. Guard aviation unit holds departure ceremony at Esler Army Airfield

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 204th Theater Aviation Operations Group bid farewell to family, friends and fellow service members during a departure ceremony held at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Esler Army Airfield in Pineville, La., on Sept. 6,

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Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Brigade Support Battalion holds change of command ceremony

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, held an official change of command ceremony at the 199th BSB Armory in Alexandria, La., on August 23, 2025. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Darby A.

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La. Guard’s Tiger Brigade Marks 20th Anniversary of Redeployment and Hurricane Response 

NEW ORLEANS – This fall, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, commemorates the 20th anniversary of its redeployment from Iraq in September 2005, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.   After 18 months of federal mobilization, including combat training and deployment to Iraq,

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Louisiana Army National Guard commissions 16 new officers

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Families, friends, mentors and fellow Soldiers filled the Post Theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., to watch as 16 officer candidates graduated from the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School and were commissioned as second lieutenants on Aug.

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Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion holds change of command ceremony

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held an official change of command ceremony at Sterlington Middle School in Sterlington, Louisiana, on August 9, 2025.   Lt. Col. Jeffrey Giering, the incoming commander of the 528th

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