Louisiana Army National Guard – Page 42

La. Guard aviators deliver late Christmas gifts, fight erosion

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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Shreveport brewery names beer for local deploying Guard unit

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / March 22, 2019

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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First junior enlisted in La. Guard earns Ranger tab, jump wings

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / March 21, 2019

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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NOLA native retires after 32 years dedicated to state, country

Featured News, Guard Minute, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / March 14, 2019

Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Bossetta retired from the Louisiana Army National Guard after 32 years of military service during an official ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, March 1. Bossetta, a New Orleans native, served as the assistant adjutant general – Army from 2017-2018. During that time, he was the principal

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West Monroe native becomes first drill sergeant in La. Guard

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / February 21, 2019

By Spc. Megan Zander, Recruiting and Retention Public Affairs Representative NEW ORLEANS – Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Nappier, of West Monroe, was the first Louisiana Army National Guard noncommissioned officer to graduate from the United States Army Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Dec. 12, 2018. Nappier explained that one of the highest

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National Guard holds funeral honors training in New Orleans

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / February 20, 2019

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program hosted 12 Guardsmen from Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, Oklahoma and New York for an Army National Guard Level II Funeral Honors Instructor Certification Course at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Feb.

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