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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By Spc. Megan Zander, Louisiana National Guard Recruiting and Retention NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman Sgt. Dillon Fraley, of West Monroe, won the welterweight division of the 2019 Lacerda Cup, an All-Army combatives national championship at Fort Benning in Georgia, April 12. Fraley, a 24-year-old combatives instructor for the LANG’s Recruit Sustainment Program, trains
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By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Staff Sgt. Benjamin Cotten and Sgt. Allen Smith, both Shreveport residents with the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, outshot 22 two-man teams and brought home top honors in the 48th Winston P.
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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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By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Alexandria native Katrina Lloyd made history when she became the second African-American woman to be promoted to the rank of colonel by the Louisiana National Guard, April 12. Lloyd was joined by her family, friends, fellow Guardsmen and city and
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