By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – A team of seven personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) from Fort Hood, Texas, will conduct the first of three burns to destroy the Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) Friday, Oct. 28, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at […]
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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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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Reports that the first of three ignitions to destroy the Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) stored in three magazines located at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden, are inaccurate. There is no activity planned to destroy the CBI today, Oct. 17. Plans and a timeline
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1st Lt. Rebekah Malone, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office MINDEN, La. – A public town hall meeting was held at Camp Minden in Minden, to provide an update on the disposal process of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI), Oct. 13. The Environmental Protection Agency, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Military Department and Louisiana State
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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard deployed eight helicopters for Hurricane Matthew response operations in Florida and South Carolina, Oct. 8. A total of eight aircraft – two UH-60 Blackhawks and two UH-72 Lakotas departed from Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Hammond and AASF #2 at Esler
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Airman 1st Class Cindy Au, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – Louisiana Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Santiago St. Clair of the 159th Security Forces Squadron from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, who is also a Louisiana State Trooper, was in the right place at
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