By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Over 250 Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 527th Engineer Battalion were honored and awarded the Louisiana War Cross during an awards ceremony following their Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Training event in Baton Rouge, May 15. The 527th, headquartered in Ruston, returned last […]
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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana National Guardsman from Franklinton, Louisiana, Maj. Stephen Lee McCain, represented the United States as a physical therapist at the Invictus Games in the Netherlands, April 16 – 22. McCain serves as the LANG’s only physical therapist and is assigned
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By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly renovated readiness center, originally constructed in 1963, in Alexandria, Louisiana, May 6. This project consisted of 25,000 square feet of repairs and renovations to offices, classrooms, dining, supply, multi-use storage,
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard has created a committee to rename its primary training center in Pineville, La., and is asking the citizens of Louisiana to participate by providing recommendations for potential names for the committee to review. The committee, made up of military, local,
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By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Since January, the Louisiana National Guard has activated two field feeding platoons; the 910th Quartermaster Platoon and the 916th Quartermaster Platoon. Louisiana is one of the first states in the National Guard to activate field feeding platoons. The 910th, headquartered in
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By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office and Megan Ready, LANG Youth Challenge Program Public Relations PINEVILLE, La. – Families and friends of 58 Louisiana National Guard (LANG) Youth Challenge Program (YCP) cadets filled the Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center in Baton Rouge, Mar. 26. This was the first in-person
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