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Louisiana Guard demolishes school, makes way for progress

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PIONEER, La. – For the past two weeks, Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 921st Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade have been conducting their annual training with a special project just down the road from their armory. The troops, from a detachment […]

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Louisiana National Guard welcomes new military judge

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Col. Connell L. Archey was officially robed as the Louisiana National Guard’s military judge during an investiture ceremony at the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, Aug. 1, 2015. Archey, a resident of Baton Rouge, is the fifth judge to be appointed

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La. Guard completes four-year project at Bayou DeChene

For video B-Roll of this story, please visit www.dvidshub.net/video/417486 By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade have been gaining rare experience that directly relates to their wartime mission, by helping a community right here in Louisiana, each summer for the

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Citizen-Soldiers get real-world training on LSU-A project

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office ALEXANDRIA, La. – Engineers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade are using a construction project at Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA) to gain hands-on experience during their annual training. The Soldiers are building a 1.5-acre pond and three new rugby pitches, allowing

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Tickfaw street named for fallen Guardsman

By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The village of Tickfaw named a street in honor of Spc. Christopher Drake, a 20-year-old Louisiana National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan in 2013, during a ceremony July 11. Previously known as Third Street, Chris Drake Drive runs near Tickfaw City Hall. “I

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La. Guard’s 256th IBCT refines skills during annual training

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Units of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from across the state gathered to work together during annual training at Fort Polk, May 31 – June 13. The training gave the troops an extended opportunity to refine their

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