Louisiana National Guard aviators to deploy to Afghanistan

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s G Company and D Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment held a deployment ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #2 at Esler Field in Pineville, Sept. 6. More than 50 Guardsmen, including two father-son teams and […]

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La. National Guard commissions 12 new officers

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Family, friends, mentors and fellow Soldiers filled the post theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville to watch as 12 officer candidates graduate from the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School as second lieutenants, Aug. 10. The LANG has conducted OCS since

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Assistant principal promoted to general in La. National Guard

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – After 29 years of military service, Louisiana National Guardsman Damian “Keith” Waddell was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Aug. 10. “While I’m proud and thankful for this promotion, I would

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159th Fighter Wing hosts ‘Bring a Friend to Drill’ day

By Senior Airman Dane St. Pe, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs BELLE CHASSE, La. – Airmen from the 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard invited guests from the local community to a recruiting event called ‘Bring a Friend to Drill’ at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans located in Belle Chasse, Aug.

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Plaquemine National Guard unit deploys to Iraq

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS, La. – Friends, families and community members gathered to bid farewell to the Louisiana National Guard’s 832nd Engineer Detachment, 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, during a deployment ceremony at the Carl F. Grant Civic Center in Plaquemine, July 31. More than

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