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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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La. National Guard command sgt. maj. retires after 39 years

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Sapp, former senior enlisted advisor for the Louisiana Army National Guard, retired in an official ceremony after 39 cumulative years of service in the armed forces at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, July 14. Sapp served as

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National Guard museum in Pineville looking for volunteers

PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum at Camp Beauregard in Pineville is looking for volunteers to help tell the story of central Louisiana’s role in the defense of the United States of America. “We are looking for volunteers who are interested in helping keep our military history alive,” said

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159th Mission Support Group welcomes new commander

By Staff Sgt. Lerrin Trufant, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs BELLE CHASSE, La. – Col. Sean F. Conroy assumed command of the 159th Mission Support Group from Col. Brian L. Callahan during an official ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, June 9. Conroy served as commander of the

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Kids’ AT 2018

The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program hosted Kids’ AT 2018 at the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center in Bunkie, June 11-15. Children and siblings of Louisiana Soldiers and Airmen spent five days attending the fun, military-style summer camp, loosely resembling the military’s Annual Training (AT).

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