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La. Guard aviators deliver late Christmas gifts, fight erosion

Featured News, Guard Minute / By Louisiana National Guard / March 29, 2019

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 the operation, LANG aviators hooked up and dropped bundles of recycled Christmas trees provided […]

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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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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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159th Fighter Wing conducts change of command

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

By Staff Sgt. Cindy Au, Louisiana Air National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Col. Matt Rippen assumed command of the 159th Fighter Wing from Col. Shawn Coco in a formal ceremony held at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, March 9. Rippen started his Air Force career at the United States

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National Guard holds funeral honors training in New Orleans

Around The State, Guard Minute, Louisiana Army National Guard / By Louisiana National Guard / February 20, 2019

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. 4-16. “We teach these Soldiers customs and courtesies that go beyond military

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New virtual trainer improves marksmanship, training

Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Training / By Louisiana National Guard / February 7, 2019

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. –The Louisiana Army National Guard recently trained 12 Soldiers on a new virtual simulation marksmanship training system at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, last month. The Engagement Skills Trainer II is designed to assist and improve basic fundamentals of marksmanship, as well as collective

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