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

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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. National Guard Assist in Placing Christmas Tree in The Marshlands

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Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of New Orleans by placing recycling Christmas trees into the marshlands, May 26, 2021. The trees will create a wave breaker and assist in rebuilding wetlands that have been washed away over time. (U. S. Army National Guard video

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

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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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Celebrating 25 years of the State Partnership Program with Belize

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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

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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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