By Spc. Megan V. Zander, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced last week that all military jobs will be open to women. For the first time in U.S. military history, gender will no longer be a deciding factor or disqualification. The Army had already begun the process […]
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La. National Guard’s YCP offers first-ever industry-based certifications By 1st Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – For the first-time ever, the Louisiana National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program will graduate 28 cadets with an industry-based skills certification as part of its workforce development pilot program, Dec. 12. This pilot program
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By Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard awarded State Senator Robert R. Adley with the Louisiana Distinguished Civilian Service Medal during a ceremony at the Louisiana State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, Dec. 2. “We wanted to present you with this
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By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 199th Leadership Regiment presented 14 instructors with the Basic Army Instructor Badge during a ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Nov. 19. The badge was created in 2013 as part of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System Instructor
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By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE, La. – More than 40 Louisiana National Guardsmen with the Cyber Defense Incident Response Team (CDIRT) took part in a two-day training event at Louisiana State University’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute in Baton Rouge, Nov. 14-15. The team was created to respond to
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Task Force Panther plays opposition force against 82nd Airborne By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – More than 150 military policemen from the Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion conducted a rotation ‘in the box’ at Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Oct. 28 – Nov. 15. The
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