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Guardsmen continue rescuing citizens in Braithwaite

BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen are continuing to assist local authorities in Search and Rescue operations in Braithwaite, located in Plaquemines Parish, Aug. 29, after Hurricane Isaac made landfall earlier this morning. Guardsmen have assisted in more than 25 successful rescues, thus far. -30- Please visit http://geauxguard.com/ for the latest Louisiana National Guard […]

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Louisiana Guardsmen in New Orleans, ready to respond

Citizen-Soldiers, Airmen prepared to support community By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has pre-staged approximately 680 Troops and assets across the New Orleans metropolitan area in order to better protect the community and its citizens in preparation of Hurricane Isaac, Aug. 28, 2012. Soldiers

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La. Guard welcomes home Soldiers from Afghanistan

By Sgt. Robin Perry, Public Affairs Office MONROE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed home more than 150 Soldiers of the 1022nd Engineer Company from a 365-day deployment to Afghanistan at the Monroe Regional Airport in Monroe, Aug. 18. “It’s great to have them home,” said Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of

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Guard’s Assistant Adjutant General receives second star

New Roads native continues family military tradition By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Stephen C. Dabadie, assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, was recently promoted and officially “pinned” his new rank during a ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Aug. 12. “Today is a

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