By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment were awarded the Airbus Lakota Award of Valor in Hammond, Feb. 12. On Aug. 13, 2016, during historic flooding, pilots Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dino Parmentier and Chief Warrant […]
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative SHREVEPORT, La. –The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed Maj. Jeremy Cook as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at its Headquarters Armory in Shreveport, June 4. Cook, a resident of
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By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE, La. – On May 26, hundreds of military personnel, veterans and area citizens reverently planted 11,000 American flags on the front lawn of the Louisiana State Capitol in honor of the state’s fallen Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines from the Revolutionary
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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, LA – “Whenever I feel myself becoming emotionally attached and wanting to mourn with the family, which is not our job, I always think to place the mission first. That gets me through the moment,” said Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge of the Louisiana National
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By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, surrounded by Louisiana National Guardsmen and LANG children, signed a proclamation recognizing April as month of the military child at the state capitol building in Baton Rouge, April 12. Since 1986, the Army has celebrated April
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LANG family and friends, the speeches by Governor John Bel Edwards and Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis from the 87th annual NGALA are now available on our YouTube channel! They are very motivating and informative speeches and are definitely worth a watch! Also, during MG Curtis’s speech we play our Year In Review video showcasing many of the different
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