By: Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La.– Louisiana Army National Guard’s 2nd Lt. Gage M. Wilkinson, a platoon leader for C Company, 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, recently graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School in Fort Benning, Georgia. The Youngsville, Louisiana, […]
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By Capt. Peter Drasutis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana State Guardsman Col. Carl Thompson was awarded a Certificate of Congressional Commendation in recognition for his decades of military and community service during an official ceremony at the Louisiana Tech Academic Success Center at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, Louisiana, May
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By Capt. Peter Drasutis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 1st Assault Helicopter 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 (NWR) in New Orleans East, April 26. During the operation,
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By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 773rd Military Police Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, held a deployment ceremony in the post theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville on May 2. The official party for the ceremony included Maj.
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By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) held a graduation ceremony to commission nine new officers at the Officer Candidate School at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, April 23. The newly commissioned second lieutenants graduated in front of family, friends, mentors and
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By Capt. Peter Drasutis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Air National Guardsmen from the 159th Fighter Wing, based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, partnered with Plaquemines Parish agencies to test and strengthen a combined response between the groups as part of an annual statewide Disaster Response
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