By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard and the country of Haiti have officially announced the strengthening of ties through the State Partnership Program during a ceremony in Haiti, Jan. 18. The program between the LANG and Haiti builds on the LANG’s work […]
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By Sgt. 1st Class Paul Meeker, Task Force Bon Voizen Public Affairs, Louisiana Army National Guard NEW ORLEANS – “They are just like you and me, willing to do what it takes to make the world a better place.” This is how Louisiana Army National Guardsman Col. Kenneth Donnelly described the character of the Soldiers,
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By Sgt. Aaron LeBlanc Louisiana National Guard, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Aviators from the Louisiana National Guard led the first overseas humanitarian training relief mission involving the Army’s newly fielded UH-72A Lakota helicopters during Task Force Bon Voizen – New Horizons Haiti 2011 from April through June. The new aircraft performed medical evacuations,
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Abbeville native founded Haiti mission in 1989, continues to serve By Sgt. 1st Class Paul Meeker, Task Force Bon Voizen Public Affairs, Louisiana Army National Guard GONAIVES, Haiti Its fairly routine for military chaplains to be on hand to minister to service members serving in remote locales overseas, but having a civilian minister on
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