United States Army

2020: An unprecedented year for the La. National Guard

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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La. Guard’s 256th Infantry deploys to Middle East

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held ceremonies and farewell events throughout the state from Nov. 10-18, before departing Louisiana. With units located throughout the state, approximately 2,000 guardsmen will deploy to the Middle East in support of U.S. Central Command

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La. Guard continues to provide operations support after Zeta

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard currently has over 1,260 soldiers and airmen providing assistance across the state to operations including COVID-19, Hurricanes Laura, Delta and most recently Zeta. Following initial rescue operations once a storm passes, the LANG focuses on recovery operations including engineer support, road clearance, and the set up and

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La. Guardsmen prove to be ‘the greatest of their generation’

By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Over the past two weeks, the nation has remembered both the 15-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the 19-year anniversary of the horrific attacks of 9/11, all while the state of Louisiana remains in the midst of two emergency

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