Family and friends bid farewell to deploying Soldiers By Spc. Joshua Barnett, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Family and friends gathered at the University of Monroe’s Fant-Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, La., to say farewell to more than 150 members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion, June 3. The Soldiers […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. –Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 2228th Military Police Company, 773rd Military Police Battalion, returned to family and friends during a welcome-home event in Baton Rouge, La., May 2. The 2228th, based at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., returned from a 365-day deployment, with more than 130 Soldiers, from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
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By Spc. Noshoba Davis, 1021st Engineer Company CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT – A squad of Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 1021st Engineer Company, based in Covington, La., placed third in the grueling Warrior Stakes competition in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, March 25-27. Warrior Stakes is a three-day competition to evaluate squads on physical fitness, warrior
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By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, Louisiana National Guard Reintegration Office NEW ORLEANS – Introductory yoga became an elective course offering at Louisiana National Guard Yellow Ribbon Reintegration events beginning in 2012 and has quickly become a popular choice for Guardsmen and their family members. To date, more than 2,000 LANG Guardsmen and family members participating
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By Cadet Leah McPeek 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative ERATH, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, welcomed its new commander, Lt. Col. William E. Haygood, in an official Change of Command ceremony at Erath High School, April 6, 2014. Haygood is from Monroe, La., but resides
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Coordinating agencies conduct joint training throughout state By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard participated in the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness training exercises to test disaster response capabilities of multiple state, local and federal agencies at the Naval Air Station in Belle
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