Our Fallen

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, render a salute as Taps is played during an official ceremony memorializing a new monument honoring fallen Louisiana Guardsmen at Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 21, 2019. (U.S. Air Force National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Toby Valadie)

La. National Guard dedicates memorial to fallen Soldiers

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office. NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard and Gov. John Bel Edwards dedicated a memorial to Guardsmen who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country in an official ceremony at the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, May 21. “It’s fitting […]

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La. Guard hosts annual Fearless 5K and Fitness Expo

By Spc. Cody Kellum, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard hosted its second annual Fearless 5K & Health Expo at Fort Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site in Pineville, Sept. 9, 2017. The community running event was established to highlight the importance of suicide awareness, as well as to

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Louisiana citizens unite to honor state’s fallen heroes

By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BATON ROUGE, La. – On May 26, hundreds of military personnel, veterans and area citizens reverently planted 11,000 American flags on the front lawn of the Louisiana State Capitol in honor of the state’s fallen Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines from the Revolutionary

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Member of La. Guard’s Military Funeral Honors team performs 1,000th funeral

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, LA – “Whenever I feel myself becoming emotionally attached and wanting to mourn with the family, which is not our job, I always think to place the mission first. That gets me through the moment,” said Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge of the Louisiana National

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Funeral arrangements announced for two La. National Guardsmen

NEW ORLEANS –Two of the Louisiana National Guardsmen that died in the UH-60M Black Hawk crash March 10, will return to Louisiana this week. The following is a schedule of the ceremonies for the returning Soldiers. Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich III will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery and will not return to Louisiana.

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