By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, LANG Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, responded to flooding throughout the state following multiple days of steady rainfall since May 18. At the height of the response, the LANG had 393 guardsmen activated to support […]
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By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 922nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company, 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, received the 2023 Itschner Award on May 14, which recognizes the best engineer company each year in three categories: U.S. Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard.
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By Staff Sgt. Ryan J. Sonnier, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office ALEXANDRIA, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron and the 122nd Fighter Squadron held a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) recruiting event, April 10, at Camp Claiborne’s air-to-ground range near Alexandria, Louisiana. This event allows potential military and civilian
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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s top 14 Soldiers from across the state were challenged to excel during the Best Warrior Competition (BWC) at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, March 10-14. The winners, Sgt. John K. Davis, a Gonzales resident and member of
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WHEREAS, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger in 1986 designated each April as The Month of the Military Child; and WHEREAS, the month’s purpose is to recognize the contribution that the military child makes as their parent or parents serve our nation; and WHEREAS, the United States of America is home to over 1.2 million
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The Louisiana National Guard and the Belize Defence Force mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of their State Partnership Program April 23, 2021. The program links a unique component of the Department of Defense – a state’s National Guard – with the armed forces or equivalent of a partner country in a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship.
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