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La. Guard inducts retired Air Guard general to Hall of Fame

By Airman 1st Class Dane St. Pe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office and Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Retired Brig. Gen. Harry A. Trosclair was inducted into the Louisiana National Guard Hall of Fame during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Nov. 5. […]

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Former La. Guard adjutant general honored for service

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard inducted retired Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau into the LANG Hall of Fame during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Nov. 4. Landreneau, a Vidrine native, led the LANG for 14 years as the

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Metairie native takes command of Bogalusa Guard battalion

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, welcomed a new commander, Lt. Col. Joshua Davis, during an official change of command ceremony at the battalion’s headquarters in Bogalusa, Nov. 5. Davis, a Metairie native, assumed command from Lt.

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Louisiana National Guard citizen-Soldiers to deploy overseas

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Friends and family gathered to bid farewell to the Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 139th Regional Support Group during a deployment ceremony at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, Nov. 4. Approximately 80 Soldiers will deploy to

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La. National Guard general retires after 35 years of military service

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Maj. Gen. Barry Keeling retired from the Louisiana Army National Guard after 35 years of military service during an official ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond, Oct. 15. Keeling, originally of Stillwater, Oklahoma, served as the assistant

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Local community gives Guard unit big send-off

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Nearly 1,000 friends, families and community members gathered to bid farewell to the Louisiana National Guard’s 1020th Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, during a deployment ceremony at Avoyelles Public Charter School in Mansura, Oct. 18. More than 150 Soldiers

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