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La. Guardsmen say farewell, deploy overseas

NEW ORLEANS – Friends and family members gathered to say farewell to Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company and the 205th Engineer Battalion during deployment ceremonies held Jan. 31 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., and the university center of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La. More than […]

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La. Guard welcomes home Soldiers from Afghanistan

By Sgt. Robin Perry, Public Affairs Office MONROE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed home more than 150 Soldiers of the 1022nd Engineer Company from a 365-day deployment to Afghanistan at the Monroe Regional Airport in Monroe, Aug. 18. “It’s great to have them home,” said Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of

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Families welcome home heroes

Louisiana Air Guardsmen return in time for Independence Day By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Approximately 30 local heroes from the Louisiana National Guard’s 236th Combat Communications Squadron were welcomed home by friends and family at Louis Armstrong International Airport, June 30. Loud cheers and heartfelt embraces were given to the

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A common bond – Louisiana Air Guard hosts joint Yellow Ribbon Training Academy

By Air Force 1st Lt. Alex Juan 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s Yellow Ribbon Program hosted a first of its kind joint Yellow Ribbon Training Academy for over 400 Guard and Reserve personnel from various branches and their families in New Orleans, June 1-3. “White Balloons,”

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La. National Guard Soldiers welcomed home from overseas

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed home members of the 926th Engineer Company from a 365-day deployment to Afghanistan at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La., April 14. Governor Jindal said, “It is truly an honor to welcome back home these brave men and women. We will be forever

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Louisiana National Guard Soldiers return home

204th Theater Airfield Operations Group completes fourth deployment By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – After serving for nearly a year in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 20 Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group returned home, Feb. 10, to ecstatic family and

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