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La. Guardsmen say farewell, deploy overseas

NEW ORLEANS – Friends and family members gathered to say farewell to Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company and the 205th Engineer Battalion during deployment ceremonies held Jan. 31 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., and the university center of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La. More than […]

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National Guard signs memorandum with BPCC

By Staff Sgt. Robin C. Perry, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program and Bossier Parish Community College signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Camp Minden today. Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the LANG, said, “Thank you to Bossier Parish Community College for

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Louisiana Guardsmen, MaxPreps award football excellence

METAIRIE, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen stand with Archbishop Rummel High School football head coach Jay Roth and the Rummel Raider football team after being awarded the MaxPreps Tour of Champions trophy in honor of their winning season, in the Rummel high school gym, Jan. 18, 2012. The Rummel Raiders went undefeated in their 2012

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256th Tiger Brigade holds Best Warrior Competition

By Cadet Leah McPeek, 256th IBCT Public Affairs Representative LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Tiger Brigade held their Best Warrior Competition in Lafayette, La., Jan. 12, in which Soldiers throughout the brigade and state competed. The competing Soldiers were tested on physical fitness and warrior training tasks, which included knowledge in

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139th Regional Support Group welcomes new leader

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 139th Regional Support Group welcomed Lt. Col. Cindy H. Haygood as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony on the parade field at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Dec. 1. Haygood, a native of Leesville,

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256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomes new leader Lake Charles resident takes command at Cajun Field

By Cadet Leah McPeek, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative LAFAYETTE, La. — The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed its new commander, Col. Keith Waddell, at an official change of command ceremony at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Dec. 2. Waddell, a resident of Lake

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