Louisiana Air Guard personnel deploy to Southwest Asia By 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – Members of the Louisiana National Guard’s “Bayou Militia” bid farewell to families and friends during a deployment ceremony held at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, VR54 Hangar in Belle Chasse, La., June […]
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By Sgt. Rashawn Price 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted their annual live-fire training at Camp Shelby, Miss., to polish skills necessary for mortar firing, June 13. The training includes coordinates acquisition, communication between the mortar team
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By Spc. Greg Stevens 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Journalist CAMP BEAUREGARD, La. – Members of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team have been conducting annual training at Camp Beauregard to hone their individual and collective Soldier skills for the last few weeks. This training includes individual and crew serve weapons
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By Air Force 1st Lt. Alex Juan 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s Yellow Ribbon Program hosted a first of its kind joint Yellow Ribbon Training Academy for over 400 Guard and Reserve personnel from various branches and their families in New Orleans, June 1-3. “White Balloons,”
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By Sgt. 1st Class Paul Meeker 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment COVINGTON, La.– Members of the LANG’s 1021st Vertical Engineer Company, 225 Engineer Brigade, directed, supplied and staffed a Point of Distribution site at the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds during a Commodities Distribution Exercise, May 19. According to 1st Lt. Jesse Nelson and Staff Sgt.
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By Staff Sgt. Yolanda Addison 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Air National Guardsmen and loved ones celebrated Family Day, an event dedicated to connecting families by providing food, festivities and fun at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, May 20. The festivities included live music by the
