Promotions

La. Guard promotes Mandeville native to major general

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment [metaslider id=9023]  NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard promoted a general officer to the rank of major general during an official pinning ceremony at the Ansel M. Stroud Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum at Jackson Barracks, in New Orleans, May 15. Barry D. […]

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La. Guard promotes two officers to brigadier general

By Sgt Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard promoted two officers to the rank of brigadier general during two ceremonies at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, May 6. The Louisiana Air National Guard’s Pete Schneider of Metairie, and Louisiana Army National Guard’s Lee Hopkins of St.

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Louisiana Army National Guard promotes new colonel

By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   NEW ORLEANS – Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues, the Louisiana National Guard promoted Michael Kazmierzak, of Covington, Louisiana, to the rank of colonel at the Louisiana National Guard’s Military History and Weapons Museum, located on Historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans,

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Defending the Bayou

What better way to celebrate the Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial than viewing original artifacts from the Battle itself? A temporary exhibit entitled “Defending the Bayou, Louisiana Citizen-Soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans” will be on display at the Louisiana National Guard Museums’, Ansel M. Stroud Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum, located on

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La. Air National Guard promotes three enlisted leaders

By the 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing promoted three Airmen to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant during ceremonies, May 17-18, at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Chief Master Sgts. Daryl Herty, vehicle maintenance superintendent; Stacey

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La. National Guard pins top Air Guard general officer

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard held a promotion ceremony for its La. Air National Guard (LAANG) top leader at the Jackson Barracks Museum in New Orleans, May 4.   Col. Charles Chappuis, the LANG’s assistant adjutant general-Air, was formally promoted to the rank of brigadier general and “pinned” the one-star insignia on his

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