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La. Guard unit holds deployment ceremony at WWII Museum

By: Capt. Peter Drasutis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s (LANG) 3673rd Support Maintenance Company, 415th Military Intelligence Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, headquartered in New Orleans, held a departure ceremony in the U.S. Freedom Pavilion at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Feb. 3.   “I […]

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La. Guard medics hone skills during sustainment course

Medics given opportunity to participate in cadaver lab By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s (LANG) combat medic sustainment program (CMSP) recently conducted a 10-day course for combat medics at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 19-29. A total of 16 medics, including two

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La. Guard, Belize officials meet to plan future training events

By Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Officials from the Louisiana National Guard (LANG) and the Belize Department of Border Defence and National Security met at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans to plan State Partnership Program (SPP) training events for the next several years, Jan. 10-12.   The

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Hammond citizen takes command of La. Guard Castle Brigade

By Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Col. John “Greg” St. Romain, from St. Francisville, relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard’s (LANG) 225th Engineer Brigade to Col. James “Scott” Slaven, of Hammond, at an official ceremony at Pineville High School, Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 8 “As we do

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La. Guard delivers water during winter weather response

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) conducted response operations following the severe winter weather that caused widespread frigid conditions across the state during the holiday weeks. As with any response, the LANG was prepared to provide support to civilian authorities throughout Louisiana to save lives, protect

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Louisiana National Guard delivers tarps, water after tornadoes

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) conducted operations supporting communities around the state after a severe storm system produced damaging tornadoes, Dec. 14. In total, the LANG provided 16,200 bottles of water and more than 2,000 tarps to Iberia, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, and Union parishes through

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