By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – “It’s exciting on one hand to be able to claim that I am the first junior enlisted in the Louisiana Guard to have done this, but at the same time surprising,” said Spc. William Gondy, an infantryman with A Company, 3rd Battalion, […]
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By Staff Sgt. Cindy Au, Louisiana Air National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Col. Matt Rippen assumed command of the 159th Fighter Wing from Col. Shawn Coco in a formal ceremony held at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, March 9. Rippen started his Air Force career at the United States
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Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Bossetta retired from the Louisiana Army National Guard after 32 years of military service during an official ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, March 1. Bossetta, a New Orleans native, served as the assistant adjutant general – Army from 2017-2018. During that time, he was the principal
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By Staff Sergeant Cindy Au, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs BELLE CHASSE, La. – Lt. Col. Brian J. Marbach assumed command of the 159th Maintenance Group from Col. Matthew G. Rippen in a formal ceremony held at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Feb. 9. Marbach served as the B-Flight Chief of Standardization
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By Senior Airman Dane St. Pe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs BELLE CHASSE, La. – Lt. Col. Timothy Vignes assumed command of the 159th Medical Group from Lt. Col. Joseph Danford in a formal ceremony held at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Feb 9. Vignes served as commander of the 159th Logistics
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By Spc. Megan Zander, Recruiting and Retention Public Affairs Representative NEW ORLEANS – Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Nappier, of West Monroe, was the first Louisiana Army National Guard noncommissioned officer to graduate from the United States Army Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Dec. 12, 2018. Nappier explained that one of the highest
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