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La. National Guard command sgt. maj. retires after 39 years

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Sapp, former senior enlisted advisor for the Louisiana Army National Guard, retired in an official ceremony after 39 cumulative years of service in the armed forces at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, July 14. Sapp served as […]

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La. Guardsman promoted to Assistant Adjutant General

Pinned with One-Star Rank during official ceremony By Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman Rodney B. Painting, of Loranger, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, June 2. Painting will become the new assistant adjutant

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Baton Rouge lawyer promoted to Louisiana Army Guard brigadier general

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana Army National Guardsman John B. Dunlap III was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, June 2. He will become the LANG’s new assistant adjutant general – Army. Dunlap, a Baton Rouge

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Louisiana Guard museum volunteers celebrate 26 years of making history

Former Guardsmen, others donate 2,000 hours to restoring history By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard recognized 17 members of the civilian all-volunteer 122nd Bomber Squadron Restoration Unit and seven additional volunteers during an official ceremony at the Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. Military History

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Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, awards Capt. Alex Sattler, 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, the Bronze Star Medal during the 259th award ceremony at the England Air Park Terminal in Alexandria, Louisiana, April 15, 2018. Sattler was one of 16 Airmen from the LAANG honored for their deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Cindy Au)

Louisiana Airmen honored for exemplary service in Iraq

By Staff Sergeant Lerrin Trufant, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs BELLE CHASSE, La.­­­­ – The Louisiana National Guard honored 16 Airmen from the 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron for exceptional service during their deployment to Iraq in at the England Air Park Terminal in Alexandria, April 15. During the ceremony, three Airmen were awarded the

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