National Guard

La. Guard aviators deliver late Christmas gifts, fight erosion

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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National Guard holds funeral honors training in New Orleans

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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