By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s top 14 Soldiers from across the state were challenged to excel during the Best Warrior Competition (BWC) at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, March 10-14. The winners, Sgt. John K. Davis, a Gonzales resident and member of […]
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COMMENDATION WHEREAS, the State Partnership Program (“SPP”) is a joint program of the United States Department of Defense and the individual states, including Louisiana, which links National Guard units of the various states with partner nations around the world for the purpose of supporting United States’ defense strategy objectives; and WHEREAS, the SPP has been
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By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, LANG Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Brig. Gen. Cindy Haygood, the assistant adjutant general – Army of the Louisiana National Guard, assumed the position of dual-status commander of the Community Vaccination Center (CVC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last week. A dual-status commander is typically appointed in
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By Sgt. Anna M. Churco, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard partnered with local and state agencies in an annual Disaster Response Exercise (DRX) designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and cohesive action between various government agencies, April 6-10. The DRX included training on responding to natural
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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – More than 900 Louisiana National Guardsmen remain activated to assist with pandemic operations, to include helping administer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the state, Feb. 9, 2021. Soldiers and airmen are assisting local health authorities by supporting vaccine sites across the state
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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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