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Medics Eligible for LPN Licensure Through Military Training

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BELLE CHASSE, La. – Thanks to a successful appeal policy started by Senior Airman Kierra Williams, aerospace medical service specialist, 159th Medical Group, aerospace medics of the Louisiana Air National Guard can now use military medical training to obtain their Licensed Practical Nurse license.   Previously, the requirements to become an LPN were vocational training […]

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La. Guard’s military police awarded during post deployment ceremony

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By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office      PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 39th Military Police Company, 773rd Military Police Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport on August 3, 2025.    During the ceremony, more

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La. Guard conducts urban search and rescue training

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By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 61st Troop Command and the 225th Engineer Brigade held a comprehensive Urban Search and Rescue training exercise at the state-of-the-art Roco Training Center in Baton Rouge, La. July 17-20.   This four-day training is a vital part of

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La. Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Command welcomes new commander and senior enlisted leader

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By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 18th Recruiting and Retention Battalion held an official change of command ceremony at the Dabadie Gym Complex on Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., on July 17, 2025. During the ceremony, Col. Joseph M. Barnett, incoming commander,

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La. Guard’s Tiger Brigade and N.Y. Guard’s Fighting Sixty-Ninth unite in historic Iraq deployment 

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By Rhett Breerwood, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office and LANG Museums NEW ORLEANS – In 2004, Louisiana’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite being the Louisiana National Guard’s largest unit, the brigade required auxiliary forces to meet mission requirements. Among those answering

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La. Guard’s ‘Gators’ awarded during post deployment ceremony

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By Maj. Darren T. Herring Jr., Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Construction Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held a post deployment awards ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge, July 13.   During the ceremony, more than 40 citizen-Soldiers were awarded

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