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La. Guard Engineers provide community support on projects

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – As annual training continues across the state for Louisiana Guardsmen, the 225th Engineer Brigade is hard at work on multiple projects in local communities. These projects are part of the innovative readiness training program which is a DoD collaborative effort leveraging […]

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La. Guard’s youth camps foster leadership and resilience

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program hosted its annual military kids’ Youth Leadership Camp and Camp Pelican Pride events at the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville, June 12 – June 21. Dependents of Louisiana Soldiers and Airmen spent ten

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La. Guard prepares with disaster response exercise

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard collaborated with local and state agencies in an annual Disaster Response Exercise designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and strengthen coordination between local, state, federal and non-governmental agencies, April 16-18.   Across the State, there

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La. Guard achieves recruiting blitz in March

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS—The Louisiana National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Command achieved 130 enlistments in March, including 124 through the Military Processing Station, four inter-service recruitments, and two interstate transfers. “During the Future Battle Blitz in March, we asked each representative who attends the Recruit

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La. Guard aviators restore marshland during annual Christmas Tree Drop

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, 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 in New Orleans East, March 20. The

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La. Guard Soldiers head to Texas border

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Following a request from the State of Texas and with the approval of the Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, mobilized 50 Soldiers to the Texas border in support

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