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La. Guard breaks ground for multi-million dollar housing project

By Warrant Officer Thea James, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen, architects, and other state leaders broke ground at the future site of a multi-million dollar military housing project at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Nov. 30, 2021. Previously announced by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2019, this project […]

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La. Guard’s Funeral Honors Team serves a higher calling

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By Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers in the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) Military Funeral Honors (MFH) Team answer an even higher call to serve their country by spending countless hours training to ensure they perfectly render Soldiers’ last military honors after they pass away. Over

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La. Guard breaks ground on new readiness center in Pineville

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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana National Guard held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new readiness center at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Nov. 3. The Camp Beauregard Readiness Center will house Soldiers from the 2228th Military Police Company and Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, after their

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La. Air Guard provides essential support to Ida Impacted Areas

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By 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard provided assistance Wednesday to the devastated communities of Lafourche Parish following the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Points of Distribution (POD) sites were established in Raceland and Thibodaux and manned by 159th Fighter Wing Airmen. PODs allow commodities such as

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Camp Minden plays big role in training, emergency responses

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By Staff Sgt. Thea James, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office SHREVEPORT, La. – Camp Minden is a Louisiana National Guard training site located approximately 18 miles east of Shreveport, Louisiana, that plays a major role in the state mission to provide support to Louisiana residents in the event of a state or local emergency.

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Children and siblings of Louisiana soldiers and airmen spend four days attending the fun, military-style summer camp, Camp Pelican Pride, at the Feliciana Retreat and Conference Center in Norwood, La., going through different tracks, such as marching, rock wall climbing, fishing and paddling, and resilience and disaster preparedness training, July 27, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh)

La. National Guard holds annual military kids’ camp

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By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs NORWOOD, La. –The Louisiana National Guard hosted two iterations of the annual military kids’ Camp Pelican Pride event at the Feliciana Retreat and Conference Center in Norwood, La., July 26 – Aug. 5. Children and siblings of Louisiana soldiers and airmen spent four

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