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La. Guard’s Infantry hones combat skills during exercise

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Over 3,000 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participated in eXportable Combat Training Capability at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, July 14 – Aug. 3. XCTC is a National Guard program used to provide a similar experience […]

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La. Air Guard participates in unique combat training in Idaho

By Senior Airman Dane St. Pe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BOISE, Idaho – The Louisiana National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing is participating in dissimilar air combat training with the Idaho National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field Air National Guard base in Boise, Idaho, July 13-27. DACT provides combat aircrews with a

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Bossier City based La. Guard unit returns home from Afghanistan

By Master Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Families, friends and supportive citizens of the Shreveport-Bossier City community welcomed home members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Battalion returning from service overseas in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, July 14. The approximately 70 members of the

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Baton Rouge lawyer promoted to Louisiana Army Guard brigadier general

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana Army National Guardsman John B. Dunlap III was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, June 2. He will become the LANG’s new assistant adjutant general – Army. Dunlap, a Baton Rouge

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