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Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate Savannah Baizar and Belize Defence Force Officer Candidate Renon Baizar meet each other for the first time during Officer Candidate School at Camp Beauregard, La, June 10, 2021. The two discovered they were second cousins by surprise and hope to build stronger family ties going forward. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo)

LANG candidates discovers mutual heritage at Officer Candidate School

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By Staff Sgt. Gregory Stevens, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La. – Officer Candidate Savannah Baizar, a soldier with the Forward Support Company, 528th Engineer Battalion out of Monroe, La., grew up in Las Vegas. Officer Candidate Renon Baizar, a Belize Defence Force soldier, was raised in Punta Gorda, Belize. Until just a couple […]

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First female La. National Guard general retires after 38 years

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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Joanne F. Sheridan retired from the Louisiana National Guard after 38 years of military and state service during an official ceremony at the Adjutant General’s Office at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, June 18. Sheridan, a Leesville native, achieved

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La. Guard resumes annual aerial tree drop to fight erosion, help wildlife

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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, LANG Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the annual Christmas Tree Drop in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans East, May 26. During the operation, LANG aviators hooked up and

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La. Guard’s Military Police Company deploys to Middle East

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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 239th Military Police Company held a deployment ceremony at the Gillis W. Long Center’s post theater in Carville, May 15, before departing Louisiana for Texas, May 17. Headquartered in Carville, more than 150 guardsmen are scheduled to deploy to the

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La. Guard’s 2021 ‘Best Warriors’ compete for honors

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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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Gov. John Bel Edwards Commendations

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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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