NEW ORLEANS – Two UH-60 BlackHawk aircraft assigned to the Hammond, Louisiana Army National Guard were participating in a training exercise over night. One aircraft with four aircrew and seven Marines assigned to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, was involved in an accident near Eglin range site A-17, east of the Navarre Bridge in Florida. […]
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By Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE, La. – Approximately 40 Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen with the state’s new Cyber Defense Incident Response Team (CDIRT) participated in a two-day training event at a newly constructed “Cyber Range” in Baton Rouge last month. The team was created to
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By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard recently made history when they began providing air traffic control services at the Hammond Northshore Regional Airport. “Standing up a tower in the national airspace is something that hasn’t been done in many, many, many years,” said
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By Sgt. David C. Kirtland 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsmen in the state’s special disaster-response team concluded a week of training with a final evaluation exercise in order to be certified by the Department of Defense, January 12-16, at the Camp Beauregard Range Complex in Pineville, Louisiana. The Guardsmen
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By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues, the Louisiana National Guard promoted Michael Kazmierzak, of Covington, Louisiana, to the rank of colonel at the Louisiana National Guard’s Military History and Weapons Museum, located on Historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans,
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By 1st Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard held a ceremony to celebrate the opening for the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Facility (TUASOF) at Fort Polk in Leesville, Louisiana, Jan. 13. The unit’s primary mission is to support the Joint Readiness Training Center and
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