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La. National Guard’s ‘Tigator’ battalion welcomes new commander

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La – The Louisiana National Guard’s 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed Lt. Col. Michael Bendich III as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge, Feb. 4. […]

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La. Guard breaks ground on Minden Collective Training & Unaccompanied Housing Barracks Project

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office CAMP MINDEN, La – The Louisiana National Guard held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing, Open-Bay Barracks at Camp Minden in Minden, Louisiana, Jan. 31. The Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing, Open-Bay Barracks will serve to house a company size element, up

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La. Guard provides military sights, sounds and pageantry at inauguration

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard provided ceremonial support during the inauguration of Louisiana’s 57th governor, Gov. Jeffrey Martin Landry, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, on January 7, 2024. In attendance were Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Friloux and

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La. Air National Guard hosts ribbon cutting ceremony for new Alert Facility

By Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Farrell, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – The 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new Aerospace Control Alert facility located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Belle Chasse, La., on Wednesday. The 39-million-dollar, 38,000 square

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La. National Guard Training Center Pineville hosts ribbon cutting for new readiness center

By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. — Maj. Gen. Keith Waddell, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana National Guard leadership and local community leaders assembled for an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of LANG’s new readiness center at Louisiana National

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La. National Guard’s training battalion welcomes new commander

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion,199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), welcomed incoming commander, Lt. Col. Kenneth D. Paul during a change of command ceremony at LANG’s Training Center Pineville in Pineville, La., Dec 2. “This is a very special milestone

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