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La. National Guardsmen celebrated during farewell ceremony

NEW ORLEANS – Family, friends and fellow Guardsmen gathered together to bid farewell and well wishes to the Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Engineer Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, during a deployment ceremony at Southeastern Louisiana University Center in Hammond, La., Aug. 16. The 1021st, based in Covington, La., with two detachment locations in Independence and […]

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Yellow Ribbon honors Guardsmen in deployment cycle

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Yellow Ribbon / By Louisiana National Guard / August 2, 2013

By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, LANG Reintegration Office Public Affairs CARVILLE, La. – More than 1,200 Louisiana Air and Army National Guardsmen and family members participated in a Yellow Ribbon Training Symposium at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel in New Orleans, July 27-28. Soldiers and Airmen in the pre-, during or post-overseas deployment cycle, along with spouses,

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La. National Guard honors Buffalo Soldiers

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, History, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / July 25, 2013

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The state of Louisiana has many important landmarks where significant historical events have occurred. One place in particular is the Louisiana National Guard’s historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. In 1869, Jackson Barracks became the home of the newly formed U.S.

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La. National Guard 2013 Kids AT

Around The State, Community Involvement, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Video, Yellow Ribbon / By Louisiana National Guard / July 10, 2013

For two days, sons and daughters of Louisiana National Guardsmen get a brief glimpse of what their parents do as Soldiers and Airmen during the 2013 LANG Kids Annual Training in Norwood, La., June 26-27, 2013

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La. National Guardsmen return home on Independence Day

Around The State, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases, Yellow Ribbon / By Louisiana National Guard / July 4, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. –The Louisiana National Guard, along with family and friends, welcomed home members of the 756th Area Support Medical Company at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, July 4. Based out of Carville, more than 65 Soldiers returned just in time for the holiday weekend from Afghanistan while in support of

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La. Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion welcomes new leader

Around The State, Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Air National Guard, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Louisiana National Guard / May 23, 2013

By Capt. Johnnie Brown Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 139th Regional Support Group BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion welcomed Lt. Col. Mark A. Howard as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony on the parade field at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., May 19. Howard of Baton

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