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La. Guard promotes engineer leader, Gonzales resident to general officer

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, State Public Affairs Office Baton Rouge, La. – Louisiana Army National Guardsman Cindy Haygood was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, July 11. Haygood currently serves as the Louisiana National Guard’s assistant adjutant general. Her responsibilities […]

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La. Guard’s Engineer Brigade conducts change of command

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / May 6, 2020

By Master Sgt. Toby Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Col. Cindy Haygood relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade to Lt. Col. John “Greg” St. Romain during an official ceremony at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, May 4. “I’d

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Operation Gratitude

COVID-19, Disaster Response, Featured News, Guard Minute, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard / By Louisiana National Guard / April 29, 2020

Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors, who have been working the COVID-19 relief efforts, receive bags containing comfort items from Operation Gratitude, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 28, 2020. More than 1,200 bags, containing various goodies and letters, have been packed and sent to 25 sites around the state to troops who have been away from home for

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La. Guard supports multiple response efforts in Ouachita

COVID-19, Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard / By Louisiana National Guard / April 25, 2020

Engineers remove debris after tornado, package food for community during COVID crisis By Staff Sgt. Thea James and MSgt. Toby Valadie, LANG Public Affairs Office MONROE, La. – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 527th and 528th Engineer Battalions, 225th Engineer Brigade, began COVID-19 response efforts in Monroe, March 19. At the request of the

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La. Guardsmen distribute food to elderly during stay-at-home order

COVID-19, Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / April 24, 2020

By Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office COLFAX, La. – Roughly 10 Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 1022nd Engineer Company, 225th Engineer Brigade, assisted the Grant Parish Council on Aging by handing out food to elderly residents of Colfax, Louisiana, April 22. The 1022nd is headquartered in Ruston, so it was

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La National Guard responds to tornadoes in Ouachita Parish

Around The State, Disaster Response, Featured News, Guard Minute / By Louisiana National Guard / April 20, 2020

Louisiana Guardsmen with 225th Engineer Brigade are currently responding across Ouachita parish, Louisiana, to assist with debris removal, April 18, 2020, while also assisting with the COVID-19 response. On Easter Sunday, April 12, Ouachita Parish was hit with three separate tornadoes in the the cities of Monroe, West Monroe and Sterlington.(U.S. Army National Guard video

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