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La. National Guardsmen celebrated during farewell ceremony

NEW ORLEANS – Family, friends and fellow Guardsmen gathered together to bid farewell and well wishes to the Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Engineer Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, during a deployment ceremony at Southeastern Louisiana University Center in Hammond, La., Aug. 16. The 1021st, based in Covington, La., with two detachment locations in Independence and […]

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Yellow Ribbon honors Guardsmen in deployment cycle

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Yellow Ribbon / By Louisiana National Guard / August 2, 2013

By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, LANG Reintegration Office Public Affairs CARVILLE, La. – More than 1,200 Louisiana Air and Army National Guardsmen and family members participated in a Yellow Ribbon Training Symposium at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel in New Orleans, July 27-28. Soldiers and Airmen in the pre-, during or post-overseas deployment cycle, along with spouses,

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La. National Guard honors Buffalo Soldiers

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, History, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / July 25, 2013

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The state of Louisiana has many important landmarks where significant historical events have occurred. One place in particular is the Louisiana National Guard’s historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. In 1869, Jackson Barracks became the home of the newly formed U.S.

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La. National Guard YCP Cadet honored at NASCAR Race

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / July 16, 2013

By Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond, Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office, and Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office SPARTA, Ky. – Young men and women with the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program were given a full-access pass to all NASCAR had to offer at this year’s Quaker State 400

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La. National Guard 2013 Kids AT

Around The State, Community Involvement, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Video, Yellow Ribbon / By Louisiana National Guard / July 10, 2013

For two days, sons and daughters of Louisiana National Guardsmen get a brief glimpse of what their parents do as Soldiers and Airmen during the 2013 LANG Kids Annual Training in Norwood, La., June 26-27, 2013

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Louisiana Guard assists with drug bust

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, Missions, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / July 9, 2013

High-tech equipment makes LANG a valuable partner 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force used its experience, high-tech equipment and training to assist law enforcement agencies with a large bust of marijuana plants in western Vernon Parish, June 14. The Vernon

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