By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, at the direction of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, is working with the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marines Reserves, Louisiana State Police and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to rescue […]
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rescued more than 100 citizens overnight in central Lake Charles, Aug 28. Altogether, 3-156th assisted the Lake Charles Fire Department, Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s Office and the Department of
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by Governor John Bel Edwards, has activated approximately 210 Soldiers and Airmen in response to Hurricane Harvey, with an additional 230 full-time Guardsmen supporting efforts. Last week, the LANG began prepositioning Guardsmen, high water vehicles and boats in south
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By Capt. Larissa Lambert, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. — Louisiana Air National Guardsmen Staff Sgt. Franciscoadan Orellana, a Gretna resident assigned to the 159th Mission Support Group, donated his kidney to his sister, Alejandra Orellana, April 11. Alejandra’s health issues began 10 years ago when she was pregnant with her
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard began staging equipment and supplies across the state in preparation for Tropical Storm Cindy, June 20. Approximately 100 high-water vehicles and 33 boats have been staged in 14 parishes. “The men and women of the Louisiana National Guard are ready to
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By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Guardsman, Sgt. Austin Rome, looks down at a row of laptops arranged in front of him during Exercise Cyber Shield 17, a training exercise that involves 850 Soldiers and Airmen from more than 42 states and territories, several state and
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