Community Involvement

La. Guard, partners host third annual disabled Veterans Hunt

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard teamed up with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), Hunters Enriching Lives of People (HELP) and the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CVMA) to host the third annual deer hunt weekend for disabled veterans at the Camp Beauregard Wildlife […]

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Explosives experts: CBI must be destroyed ‘in-place’

1st Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – A public town hall meeting was held at Camp Minden in Minden, to provide an update on the disposal process of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI), Oct. 13. The Environmental Protection Agency, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Military Department and Louisiana State

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La. Guard aircraft, crew depart for Hurricane Matthew duty

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard deployed eight helicopters for Hurricane Matthew response operations in Florida and South Carolina, Oct. 8. A total of eight aircraft – two UH-60 Blackhawks and two UH-72 Lakotas departed from Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond and AASF #2 at Esler

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Always on: La. Airman saves firefighters after grisly crash

Airman 1st Class Cindy Au, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – Louisiana Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Santiago St. Clair of the 159th Security Forces Squadron from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, who is also a Louisiana State Trooper, was in the right place at

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La. First Lady visits Youth Challenge Program

By Staff Sgt. Michael J. Farrar, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office CARVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program (YCP) welcomed the First Lady of Louisiana, Donna Hutto Edwards to their campus at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, Sept. 7. Edwards learned about the YCP’s educational benefits to at-risk youth

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La. Guard hosts inaugural Fearless 5K & Health Expo

By Sgt. Renee Seruntine, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard hosted its first Fearless 5K & Health Expo at Fort Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site in Pineville, on National Suicide Awareness Day, Sept 10. The community running event was created to increase suicide awareness and showcase veteran and

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