Around The State – Page 3 – Louisiana National Guard

La. Guard provides military sights, sounds and pageantry at inauguration

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard provided ceremonial support during the inauguration of Louisiana’s 57th governor, Gov. Jeffrey Martin Landry, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, on January 7, 2024. In attendance were Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Friloux and […]

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La. Guard aviation unit holds deployment ceremony

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, bid farewell to family and friends during a departure ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, Louisiana, Dec. 2. “Although you may be

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La. National Guard Training Center Pineville hosts housing ribbon cutting

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS —Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, Maj. Gen. Keith Waddell, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana National Guard leadership and local community leaders convened for an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of LANG’s Low to Moderate

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La. Guard service members’ kids receive free winter

Around The State, Featured News, News Releases / By Peter Drasutis

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Throughout the month of October, over 700 children of Louisiana National Guard service members and the local community are receiving winter coats through the ‘Combat the Cold. Share the Warmth’ winter coat giveaway. The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program,

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La. National Guard redesignates main training area as Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE – The Louisiana National Guard will redesignate Camp Beauregard, its main training installation, as the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville later this year, April 17. In March 2023, the LANG stated that six names were provided to the adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Keith Waddell, for his

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Louisiana National Guard delivers tarps, water after tornadoes

Around The State, Disaster Response, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) conducted operations supporting communities around the state after a severe storm system produced damaging tornadoes, Dec. 14. In total, the LANG provided 16,200 bottles of water and more than 2,000 tarps to Iberia, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, and Union parishes through

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