La. priest visits Task Force Bon Voizen, celebrates Mass with troops

Abbeville native founded Haiti mission in 1989, continues to serve By Sgt. 1st Class Paul Meeker, Task Force Bon Voizen Public Affairs, Louisiana Army National Guard GONAIVES, Haiti – Its fairly routine for military chaplains to be on hand to minister to service members serving in remote locales overseas, but having a civilian minister on […]

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La. Guardsmen work around clock in St. Mary Parish

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard race the clock continuing their efforts to protect cities in southern Louisiana from possible flooding following the opening of the Morganza Spillway, May 16. Soldiers from the 225th Engineer Brigade and 256th Infantry Brigade erected barriers

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Louisiana Guardsmen respond to call for help in St. Landry

City asks for assistance to raise levee By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office KROTZ SPRINGS, La. – Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 139th Regional Support Group and the 225th Engineer Brigade helped raise a levee to protect 240 homes from potential flooding in Krotz Springs, May 12. The protection will be

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Louisiana Guard rushes to protect city from flood waters

By Sgt. Michael L. Owens 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS – Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guards 769th Engineer Battalion are constructing sand-filled basket barriers in Morgan City, beginning May 9, as a precautionary measure to the rising Mississippi River. Approximately 15 Guardsmen, assigned to the 927th and 928th Sapper Engineer Companies, are

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