National Guard

First Air Traffic Controller in Army Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 5 in La. Guard

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard promoted Chief Warrant Officer 5 Mark Head during an official ceremony at Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, La., Oct. 13. Head was joined by family members, friends, colleagues and distinguished guests, including Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robin […]

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La. National Guard holds annual Command and Staff Conference

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office  NEW ORLEANS – As part of its ongoing mission to ensure Louisiana’s National Guard service members are trained, ready and equipped to responded to any mission, foreign or domestic, the Louisiana National Guard held its annual Command and Staff conference at LANG Training

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La. Guard strength and retention among the best nationally across Army and Air

By: Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La.– The Louisiana National Guard ended the fiscal year fifth in the nation on the National Guard Bureau’s Health Strength Index Report out of 54 states and territories. “As an organization our focus is readiness, deploy and redeploy, all hazard response

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La. Guard recruiting office honor 9/11 victims with commemorative run

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Soldiers, cadre and recruits with the Louisiana National Guard’s Detachment 7, B Company, 18th Recruiting and Retention Battalion, held a commemorative run, Sept. 9, in Lafayette, to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center

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Multiple states help La. National Guard ‘Protect What Matters’

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – As the Louisiana National Guard assisted the State in fighting wildfires, more than 40 Guard men and women from other states stepped up to help LANG protect what matters. The support of the additional service members is the direct result of making an

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La. National Guard hosts recruiting storefront reopenings

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion held grand reopenings of 11 storefronts in cities throughout the state to include Alexandria, Shreveport, Monroe, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Metairie, Slidell, Houma, Hammond and Lafayette. These events provided

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