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Three decades of service

Local resident, La. Guard Soldier retires after 32 years By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Friends and family bid a fond farewell to Col. Patti D. Woods, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Leadership Regiment, at a retirement ceremony honoring her 32 years of service at […]

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La. Guardsman honored with special awards ceremony

Presented with Purple Heart, Combat Action Badge By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – In a special awards ceremony, Louisiana National Guardsman Spc. Alexas M. James received the Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge at Fort Polk’s Warrior Family Support Center Polk in Leesville, April 25. Brig. Gen.

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La. Guard’s 2-244th Airfield Operations Battalion changes leadership

La. Guard’s 2-244th Airfield Operations Battalion changes leadership By Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2-244th Airfield Operations Battalion changed leadership in an official ceremony held at Esler Field in Pineville, La., April 21. Lt. Col. Bruce J. Scott of Athens, Ala., took command of

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La. Guard leader retires after three decades

Marksville resident honored  By 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office            PINEVILLE, La. – Friends and family celebrated Louisiana National Guardsman Col. Michael J. Borrel’s 34 years of service at a retirement ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, April 21.   Borrel graduated from Marksville High School in Marksville, where he

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Louisiana Guard’s 165th CSSB changes leadership

Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BOSSIER CITY, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 165th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, changed leadership in an official ceremony at the Bossier City armory, April 22. Lt. Col. Randy S. Green of Bossier City, La., relinquished command to incoming commander, Lt.

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La. Guardsman’s son named to All DoD Team

Local student honored with select football award   By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE, La. – Local high school senior Graham Kelly, a football player at Cenla Christian Academy in Pineville, was named to the Military.com All Department of Defense team, April 18. Kelly is the son of Louisiana

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