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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La. National Guard provides top cover for law enforcement By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office HOUMA, La. – In the pre-dawn hours of July 27, helicopter pilots and crew chiefs from the Louisiana National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force readied their equipment at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Pineville. The mission:
Enhanced response force package one of 17 nationwide Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. Louisiana has a new National Guard resource for immediate emergency mass casualty response that will significantly increase disaster reaction for local, state and federal agencies. The Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive (CBRNE) – Enhanced Response Force Package
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By Tech. Sgt. Sienna M. Schehr 159th Fighter Wing Unit Public Affairs Representative ALEXANDRIA, La. More than 50 members of the 159th Security Forces Squadron participated in a week long, action-packed annual training exercise at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, July 11-15, allowing the Airmen an opportunity to practice their primary expeditionary duties. My goal
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By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo Recruiting and Retention Command Public Affairs Representative NEW ORLEANS The Louisiana National Guard received two new Judge Advocate General Corps officers when 1st Lts. Donald R. Cravins and Tavares A. Walker recited the oath of enlistment in Baton Rouge, July 8. JAG Corps officers investigate, prosecute and defend those
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