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Yoga builds resiliency for returning Guardsmen, families

By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, Louisiana National Guard Reintegration Office NEW ORLEANS – Introductory yoga became an elective course offering at Louisiana National Guard Yellow Ribbon Reintegration events beginning in 2012 and has quickly become a popular choice for Guardsmen and their family members. To date, more than 2,000 LANG Guardsmen and family members participating […]

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Local 256th National Guard unit welcomes new commander

By Cadet Leah McPeek 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative   ERATH, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, welcomed its new commander, Lt. Col. William E. Haygood, in an official Change of Command ceremony at Erath High School, April 6, 2014. Haygood is from Monroe, La., but resides

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LANG Yellow Ribbon events evolve with changing needs

  More than 15,000 Louisiana Guardsmen & family members benefit since 2008 By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, LANG Reintegration Office   NEW ORLEANS – In March 2014, the Louisiana National Guard will host its 29th Yellow Ribbon Reintegration training event on behalf of its Army and Air Guardsmen and family members who are involved in

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La. Guard’s 256th Tiger Brigade holds Warrior Competition

By Cadet Leah McPeek, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Tiger Brigade held their Best Warrior Competition in Lafayette, La., Feb. 22, in which the two “best warriors” from each battalion throughout the brigade competed, an enlisted Soldier and a Noncommissioned Officer. The fourteen

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New Orleans battalion holds 175th Pass-in-Review ceremony

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, also known as the Washington Artillery, held its annual memorial wreath-laying ceremony at Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery, Jan. 11, 2014, and its 175th annual Pass-in-Review ceremony at

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La. Guard welcomes home Soldiers from overseas

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion and the 922nd Engineer Company returned to family and friends during two welcome-home events at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Dec. 16 and 17. More than 150 Soldiers with the 205th, based out of Bogalusa and Hammond, La., and an additional 150 Soldiers from

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