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La. Guard begins building protective barriers, patrols levees

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard has now mobilized more than 250 personnel in an effort to build protective barriers against the approaching flood waters and to patrol levees in support of local, parish and state officials at the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Jan. 8. The […]

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La. Guard prepares for winter flooding

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has mobilized more than 70 personnel, with more expected in the coming days, to assist local, parish and state emergency officials in advance of expected river flooding at the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The LANG has established mission commands and staged

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‘Best Christmas present ever’ – 1023rd Engineer Company returns home on Christmas Eve from deployment

PINEVILLE, La. – Christmas came a day early for the Louisiana National Guard’s 1023rd Engineer Company, as they arrived home to eager friends and family at a welcome-home event at the Monroe Regional Airport – Century Link hangar, Dec. 24. More than 150 Soldiers with the 1023rd, headquartered in Bastrop with detachments in Monroe and

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