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2020: An unprecedented year for the La. National Guard

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The year 2020 has been an unprecedented year for the Louisiana National Guard. Between COVID response efforts, the busiest hurricane season since 2005 and a series of deployments, the LANG supported the longest emergency response effort in the state’s history. In January, the […]

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La. Guard’s top enlisted leader retires, new leader assumes responsibility

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Command Sgt. Maj. Robert “Joey” Stiefvater retired and relinquished responsibility of the Louisiana National Guard as the senior enlisted leader to Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Ockman, Jr. during an official ceremony at the Camp Beauregard post theater in

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La. Guard’s 256th Infantry deploys to Middle East

  By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held ceremonies and farewell events throughout the state from Nov. 10-18, before departing Louisiana.   With units located throughout the state, approximately 2,000 guardsmen will deploy to the Middle East in support of

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La. National Guardsmen go eye-to-eye with Hurricane Laura

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, State Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – I’ve been a military journalist for over fifteen years, and in that time, I’ve covered a wide range of events both domestically and overseas. My first memory of a hurricane was Katrina in 2005. I was in Korea at the time on active

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Louisiana Guardsmen provide clean water to Laura volunteers

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, are providing and maintaining clean, potable water to support volunteers housed at the Sale Street Church, Lake Charles, Louisiana, who are assisting with cleanup

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