Louisiana

La. Guard general again named as dual-status commander

Active-duty airmen assisting in Monroe with COVID operations By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Brig. Gen. Cindy Haygood, the Louisiana National Guard’s assistant adjutant general – Army, assumed the position of dual-status commander of Task Force 51 in Monroe, Louisiana, last week. A dual-status commander is typically appointed […]

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National Guard neighbors help Louisiana rebuild after Ida

By Staff Sgt. Gregory Stevens, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Every military service member understands that sacrifice and selfless service are part of the big picture before taking an oath to defend the U.S. After Hurricane Ida ripped through Louisiana Aug. 29, service members across the country packed their bags and

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Grand Isle levee under repair post Ida

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade is working non-stop to fill a breached levee in Grand Isle, Louisiana, Sept. 28. Grand Isle is Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, with a little more than 1,000 occupants. The people there are no

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La. Guard general officer named as dual-status commander

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, LANG Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Brig. Gen. Cindy Haygood, the assistant adjutant general – Army of the Louisiana National Guard, assumed the position of dual-status commander of the Community Vaccination Center (CVC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last week. A dual-status commander is typically appointed in

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La. National Guard hosts four Change of Command ceremonies

By LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS –The Louisiana National Guard hosted four Change of Command ceremonies last week, to include the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, the 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group, Recruiting and Retention Command and the 159th Mission Support Group at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, La., March 13, 2021. The

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