Louisiana Army National Guard – Louisiana National Guard

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

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / September 10, 2025

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

Ceremony, Featured News, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / September 3, 2025

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

Disaster Response, Featured News, History, Home Page, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / August 28, 2025

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

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Duncan Foote / August 27, 2025

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

Ceremony, Command, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis / August 14, 2025

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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La. Guard’s military police awarded during post deployment ceremony

Awards, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Yellow Ribbon / By Peter Drasutis / August 7, 2025

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 39th Military Police Company, 773rd Military Police Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport on August 3, 2025. During the ceremony, more

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