First multi-component class graduates By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard trained active-duty Soldiers from Fort Polk, along with Guardsmen and Reservists from throughout the country during the first multi-component Warrior Leader Course at Camp Cook in Ball, La., Nov. 4-18. On Nov. 18, nearly […]
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By Tech. Sgt. Sienna M. Schehr 159th FW Public Affairs NEW ORLEANS – Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 214th Engineering Installation Squadron returned home just in time for the holidays to the Louis Armstrong International Airport, Nov. 17. The 20 Airmen received a warm welcoming from family, friends and other passengers after a
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By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BOSSIER CITY, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 156th Army Band, 139th Regional Support Group, spent the weekend traveling around the state to support community Veterans Day events, Nov. 5-6. On Saturday, the unit spent the afternoon in Natchitoches attending Northwestern State University’s Military Appreciation
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BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the retirement of Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau from the Louisiana National Guard, and the appointment of Brig. Gen. Glenn Curtis as adjutant general. Landreneau will retire as the longest, current serving adjutant general in the nation with nearly fourteen years of service as head
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By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. –The Louisiana National Guard recently upgraded two UH-72 Lakota helicopters with the Security and Support Mission Equipment Package designed to better support law enforcement and assist during state responses. Louisiana is one of the first four states to receive this package. “These capabilities
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NEW ORLEANS – Family and friends welcomed home 13 members of the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 214th Engineering Installation Squadron from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, Oct. 25. “It’s great to be back,” said Master Sgt. Joe Cagnolatti, cable installer from Lafayette. “It was a good deployment
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