Louisiana Army National Guard

Bossier City based La. Guard unit returns home from Afghanistan

By Master Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Families, friends and supportive citizens of the Shreveport-Bossier City community welcomed home members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Battalion returning from service overseas in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, July 14. The approximately 70 members of the […]

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La. National Guard command sgt. maj. retires after 39 years

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Sapp, former senior enlisted advisor for the Louisiana Army National Guard, retired in an official ceremony after 39 cumulative years of service in the armed forces at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, July 14. Sapp served as

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La. National Guard hosts military kids’ camp in Bunkie

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Child and Youth Program hosted Kids’ AT 2018 at the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center in Bunkie, June 11-15. Children and siblings of Louisiana Soldiers and Airmen spent five days attending the fun, military-style summer camp,

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Baton Rouge lawyer promoted to Louisiana Army Guard brigadier general

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana Army National Guardsman John B. Dunlap III was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, June 2. He will become the LANG’s new assistant adjutant general – Army. Dunlap, a Baton Rouge

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Former Louisiana Guard command sergeant major inducted into hall of fame

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Retired Command Sgt. Maj. James H. Mays was inducted into the Louisiana National Guard Hall of Fame during an official ceremony at Esler Field in Pineville, May 6. The LANG Hall of Fame was established to honor former Louisiana Guardsmen who distinguished

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Fallen New Roads Guardsmen immortalized with memorial

By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ROADS, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as Iron Horse, unveiled a memorial dedicated to Sgt. Christopher Ramsey, Sgt. Michael Evans, Sgt. David Murray and Staff Sgt. Jonathan Reed at their

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