The La. National Guard’s Office of Family Programs held its Youth Leadership Camp for 27 dependents of LANG Guardsmen, ages 14-17, at the Feliciana Retreat Center in Norwood, La., June 21-24. For nine years, the Louisiana National Guard has sponsored Youth Leadership Camp for the older children of its military members. The purpose of the […]
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159th Fighter Wing teams with W.Va. Air Guard, other agencies to prep for storm season By Air Force Staff Sgt. Yolanda Addison, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing conducted an aeromedical evacuation exercise at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New
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By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, LANG Reintegration Office Public Affairs NORWOOD, La. – Members of our military are often referred to as “one percenters” because they constitute only about one percent of our nation’s population. This makes their children pretty unique as well. The La. National Guard’s Office of Family Programs held its
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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman 1st Lt. Curtis Watson perseveres as he works through the 28-day Soldier of Steel Gym Jones Training Plan. Day four consists of a choice of a 60 minute run, bike or swim and a 300 second overhead dumbbell hold. “I could really
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256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Soldiers of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team received a special visit during their annual training at Camp Shelby, Miss., June 11, by Brig. Gen. Barry Keeling, director of the joint staff, Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Stiefvater, Command Sgt. Maj. James Mays, and
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By Capt. Kymberly Koenig, 1st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Soldiers and leaders gathered with heavy hearts in the Enduring Faith Chapel, June 3, 2013 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to honor Spc. Christopher Rashawn Drake, 1084th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, Reserve, La. He was killed May 26 of injuries sustained after a
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