State Partnership Program

La. Guard’s Health Promotion Programs support Belize Defence Force Wellness Exchange

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office     PINEVILLE, La. – “Nobody can take care of you better than you. You can’t pour from an empty cup; you need to think of ways to fill your cup. Keep in mind, sometimes your cup will go down before it fills up,” […]

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La. National Guard ‘Protects What Matters’ throughout a challenging year

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard confronted a demanding 2021 with a plethora of challenges and missions both at home and abroad. Over the course of the year, soldiers and airmen deployed overseas and to other states, responded to multiple emergencies including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and

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La. Guard trains Belize Defence Force YCP Cadre

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program welcomed cadre from Belize’s Youth Challenge Program to attend the Challenge Program Instruction Course at Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, March 31-April 13. The Belize Defence Force recently took over the Belize program for

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La. Guardsmen train Belizean forces to help at-risk youth

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program concluded its most recent 10-day Challenge Program Instructor’s Course at the Gillis Long Center in Carville, Sept. 28. The class graduated with eight guest cadre from the Belize Defence Force who came to learn how

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‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ for a stronger tomorrow

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard welcomed delegates from Belize to tour the state’s Youth Challenge Programs, April 10-12. Belize is working on plans to establish a program for at-risk youth in Belize that is similar to the YCP program in Louisiana. Brig. Gen.

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‘Shoulder to Shoulder’

By MSgt. Sgt. Toby Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Specialist NEW ORLEANS – For 20 years now, the Louisiana National Guard and the Belize Defence Force have trained together and learned from each other as part of a program administered by the National Guard Bureau called the State Partnership Program. On Nov. 4, Maj.

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