Direct Reporting Units
255th Engineer Brigade
A state that sees frequent natural and manmade disasters, Louisiana’s engineers are a vital component of its Guard forces. The 225th began as an engineer company in the 1950s, upgraded to battalion by the 1960s, and became a group by the mid part of that decade. Increasing in importance to both overseas and domestic missions of the LANG, the 225th was upgraded to a brigade in 2006. The LANG engineers have had some element overseas in the Global War on Terror since late 2002 while concurrently dealing with one of the busiest periods of state activation in Louisiana history.
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256th IBCT
A state that sees frequent natural and manmade disasters, Louisiana’s engineers are a vital component of its Guard forces. The 225th began as an engineer company in the 1950s, upgraded to battalion by the 1960s, and became a group by the mid part of that decade. Increasing in importance to both overseas and domestic missions of the LANG, the 225th was upgraded to a brigade in 2006. The LANG engineers have had some element overseas in the Global War on Terror since late 2002 while concurrently dealing with one of the busiest periods of state activation in Louisiana history.
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61st Troop Command
The 61st is critical to command and control of state activations. As a state with a disproportionate amount of emergency response needs, Louisiana’s civil authorities rely on the unit for defense support. The role of Homeland Security has been one of the most important functions of the guard since the attacks of September 11, 2001. The 62nd Civil Support Team specializes in preparing and responding to domestic threats, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives.
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139th Regional Support Group
The 139th was recently organized as a major command in the LANG. It is headquartered at historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. Many of the units that report to it have a rich history.
The 773rd Military Police Battalion has lineage extending back to LANG’s 773rd Tank Destroyer battalion from World War II. It then became a Tank battalion during the Cold War, mobilizing for the Korean conflict. Now a military police unit, the companies of the 773rd have seen numerous overseas deployments and are an active component of domestic response operations. Louisiana’s MPs were an essential part of the post Katrina landscape.
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State Aviation Command
The State Aviation Command is comprised of the 204th Theater Aviation Operations Group, which oversees the 244th Assault Battalion, the 244th Aviation Battalion, and Detachment 38 of the OSA.
The 1-244th Assault Battalion has had multiple overseas deployments and is vital to domestic emergency missions of the Guard. The unit’s search and rescue missions during the Hurricane Katrina response effort saved countless lives. The damage done to headquarter facilities in New Orleans shifted the unit to a new, upgraded facility in Hammond, Louisiana.
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199th Regiment RTI
The 199th Regiment (Louisiana Army National Guard Regional Training Institute) started as the Louisiana Military Academy (1960-1997) and later became the 199th Regiment (Leadership) (1997-2008). The unit began its history of training by formalizing and conducting the Officer Candidate School program starting in July 1960. In July 1976, the unit later established the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy which at the time taught Primary Non Commissioned Officer Course (PNOC), Basic Non Commissioned Officer Course (BNCOC), Advance Non Commissioned Officer Course (ANCOC), and the 1SG Course. Over the years the 199th Regiment (LAARNG RTI) has evolved to support the needs of the Army and the Louisiana Army National Guard. The Regiment now trains active duty, reserve and national guard Soldiers in the following courses under its two battalions
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159th Fighter Wing
The Louisiana Air National Guard was officially formed after World War II, with the organization of the U.S. Air Force. Its roots go further back, however, as an aviation unit in the Army National Guard. The 122nd Observation Squadron was organized and federally mobilized in 1940. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 122nd began anti-submarine missions over the Gulf of Mexico. The unit next went to North Africa and subsequently to Italy. It transitioned from an observation squadron to a fighter squadron and then to a bombardment squadron over the course of the war
