By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – After nearly 33 years of faithful service to the U.S. military, Col. Brian P. Champagne, head of the Louisiana National Guard’s information technology and a resident of Belle Chasse, retired during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks, Nov. 5. Champagne joined […]
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative ERATH, La. –The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed Lt. Col. Scott Desormeaux as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at Erath High School in Erath, Nov. 6. Desormeaux, a resident
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By MSgt. Sgt. Toby Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Specialist NEW ORLEANS – For 20 years now, the Louisiana National Guard and the Belize Defence Force have trained together and learned from each other as part of a program administered by the National Guard Bureau called the State Partnership Program. On Nov. 4, Maj.
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) from Fort Hood, Texas, have now destroyed all remnants of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) following the two large magazine burns conducted earlier this week at Camp Minden in Minden,
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By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The final big burn of 85,000 pounds of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) and 40,000 pounds of M6 propellant stored in magazine #2471 was successfully conducted today at 12 p.m., at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden. Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from the Army’s
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Specialist PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s state marksmanship program had 74 Soldiers and Airmen from around the state compete in the annual Adjutant General’s Marksmanship Match with hopes of making the Governor’s Twenty, at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Oct. 13-14. 1st Sgt. Tommy McGee of Columbia,
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