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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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La.– More than a dozen Airmen with the Louisiana National Guard’s 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron, with their friends and families, gathered for their deployment ceremony at the Camp Beauregard Post Theater, March 4. This military tradition gave friends and families a chance to
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By Senior Airmen Cindy Au, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – Louisiana National Guard Airmen with 159th Fighter Wing said goodbye to their friends and families during a deployment ceremony at the Naval Air Station – Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, March 4. Approximately 300 Airmen and 12 F-15 Eagles will
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