Training

Citizen-Soldiers get real-world training on LSU-A project

By Spc. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office ALEXANDRIA, La. – Engineers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade are using a construction project at Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA) to gain hands-on experience during their annual training. The Soldiers are building a 1.5-acre pond and three new rugby pitches, allowing […]

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La. Guard’s 256th IBCT refines skills during annual training

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Units of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from across the state gathered to work together during annual training at Fort Polk, May 31 – June 13. The training gave the troops an extended opportunity to refine their

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La. Guardsmen assist in NATO global training in Germany

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Approximately 30 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion spent their annual training in support of Operation Austere Challenge in Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 10-24. The two, two-week training periods involved Guardsmen providing security to three access control points,

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1 in 100 Million – Maj. William Saint, 62nd WMD Civil Support Team

For the month of May 2015, the 1 in One Hundred Million series speaks with Major William Saint of the 62nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team for the Louisiana National Guard. Kronos, Incorporated began their website, 1in100million.com, as a site devoted to sharing the personal stories of the people who do the many

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La. Air Guard deploys to Bulgaria for NATO training exercise

By Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office PLOVDIV, Bulgaria – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing from Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, La., is participating in a bilateral Flying Training Deployment with the Bulgarian Air Force at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, April 16 – May

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Update on Recovery Operations of helicopter crash

  By Team Eglin Public Affairs Resolve Marine Group, out of Mobile, Ala., has been contracted to complete the recovery of the UH-60 aircraft from the Santa Rosa Sound. The operation is expected to take approximately eight hours, weather pending. An Army and Coast Guard dive team will also be on site to assist in

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