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La. Guard holds retirement ceremony for distinguished colonel at Belle Chasse Academy

Featured News / By Amber Oglesby / November 14, 2024

By Tech. Sgt. Cindy Au-Wiafe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. — Col. Paul Perron, commander of the 159th Mission Support Group, was honored in a retirement ceremony hosted by the Louisiana Air National Guard at Belle Chasse Academy on Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Nov. 2. […]

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National Guard Bureau hosts Deployable Defensive Cyber Operations Systems-Modular Master Gunner Course at Jackson Barracks

Featured News / By Amber Oglesby / November 12, 2024

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The National Guard Bureau hosted the second Deployable Defensive Cyber Operations Systems-Modular (DDS-M) Master Gunner Course at Louisiana National Guard’s Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Oct. 28 – Nov. 7. The course, facilitated by Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic

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La. National Guard 165th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion welcomes new command team

Ceremony, Featured News, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / November 7, 2024

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS- The Louisiana National Guard’s 165th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion welcomed Lt. Col. Brian J. Lagarde as its new commander during an official change of command and transfer of responsibility ceremony at LANG Training Center Pineville, Nov. 3. Lagarde, a

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La. Guard’s 527th Engineer Battalion welcomes new commander

Ceremony, Featured News, Louisiana Army National Guard, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / November 6, 2024

By Sgt. Danny Hough, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, held a change of command ceremony Nov. 3 at Choudrant High School in Choudrant, Louisiana, where Lt. Col. Brian Plunk relinquished command to Lt. Col. Robert Rogers. “It is an

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La. Guard Soldiers elevate capabilities with Type 2 Heavy Crane training

Featured News, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / October 30, 2024

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – This October, Louisiana National Guard Soldiers participated in a maintenance training course for the new Type 2 Heavy Crane, a crucial asset for construction operations and emergency responses. This training enhances their technical skills and prepares them to operate and maintain the equipment

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La. Guard assisted Florida to ‘Protect What Matters’ in Hurricane Recovery

Disaster Response, Featured News, News Releases / By Amber Oglesby / October 29, 2024

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BOGALUSA, La. – At the direction of the Governor Jeff Landry, Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana, deployed more than 500 Louisiana National Guardsmen to join forces with over 20 states through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact in response to

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