Louisiana National Guard promotes newest colonel

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman Robert “Chad” Herndon was promoted to the rank of colonel during an official ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, April 7. Herndon, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, and a graduate of Bastrop High School in Bastrop, Louisiana, […]

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La. National Guard promotes chaplain to lieutenant colonel

By Sgt. Renee Seruntine, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS– Joined by friends, family and colleagues, the Louisiana National Guard promoted Page M. Brooks, chaplain of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, to the rank of lieutenant colonel at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, April 7. “It’s always great to come together and recognize

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2019 DRX Guard Minute

The Louisiana National Guard and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness coordinated with 48 federal, state and local partners from around the state in an annual disaster response exercise designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and cohesive action between various government and non-governmental agencies, April 5-7.

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La. Guard, local agencies practice disaster readiness

By Spc. Cody Wolfgang Kellum, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness coordinated with 48 federal, state and local partners from around the state in an annual disaster response exercise designed to test and reinforce the capabilities and cohesive action

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La. Guard aviators deliver late Christmas gifts, fight erosion

The Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the annual Christmas Tree Drop in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans East, March 28.   During the operation, LANG aviators hooked up and dropped bundles of recycled Christmas trees provided

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La. Guard aviators deliver late Christmas gifts, fight erosion

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s A Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the annual Christmas Tree Drop in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans East, March 28. During

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