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La. Guard resumes annual aerial tree drop to fight erosion, help wildlife

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st 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, May 26. During the operation, LANG aviators hooked up and […]

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La. Guard’s Military Police Company deploys to Middle East

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / May 20, 2021

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 239th Military Police Company held a deployment ceremony at the Gillis W. Long Center’s post theater in Carville, May 15, before departing Louisiana for Texas, May 17. Headquartered in Carville, more than 150 guardsmen are scheduled to deploy to the

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Gov. John Bel Edwards Proclamation

Featured News / By Louisiana National Guard / April 28, 2021

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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Celebrating 25 years of the State Partnership Program with Belize

Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / April 23, 2021

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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La. Guard general officer named as dual-status commander

COVID-19, Disaster Response, Featured News, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / April 22, 2021

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 supports inauguration, returns home

Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / January 27, 2021

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard responded to the District of Columbia National Guard’s request to send troops for assistance and within thirty-six hours from receiving their orders, 160 soldiers and airmen landed just outside of the D.C. area, Jan. 16. The DCNG requested additional

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