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Louisiana National Guard Soldiers return home

204th Theater Airfield Operations Group completes fourth deployment By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – After serving for nearly a year in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 20 Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group returned home, Feb. 10, to ecstatic family and […]

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Local National Guard facility places first in nation

Moves on to next phase of competition  By Sgt. Robin Perry Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Combined Support Maintenance Shop was recently selected as a semifinalist for this year’s Army Award for Maintenance Excellence and was visited by national evaluators in Pineville, Jan. 31, for the next

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La. National Guard welcomes home Soldiers from Iraq

By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. –The Louisiana National Guard, family and friends welcomed home members of the 239th Military Police Company at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 17. “We are forever grateful for the service and sacrifice of these brave

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La. Guardsmen receive farewell before deploying overseas

By 1st Lt. Alex Juan 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Officer HAMMOND, La. – The Louisiana National Guard, family and friends bid an emotional farewell to approximately 30 Airmen of the 236th Combat Communications Squadron during a deployment ceremony held at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Student Union Theater in Hammond, Dec. 14. The squadron is comprised

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New leader takes command of La. National Guard

More than 3,000 Guardsmen, Governor in attendance By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Brig. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis assumed command as the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard during the largest formal ceremony in 14 years at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Dec. 10. The ceremony marked the

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La. Guardsmen return home in time for holidays

By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Approximately 120 Louisiana National Guard Soldiers from the 415th Military Intelligence Battalion returned home from a 365-day deployment to family, friends and fellow Guardsmen at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, Nov. 23. “This is a great day

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