Community Involvement

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, render a salute as Taps is played during an official ceremony memorializing a new monument honoring fallen Louisiana Guardsmen at Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 21, 2019. (U.S. Air Force National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Toby Valadie)

La. National Guard dedicates memorial to fallen Soldiers

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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West Monroe native wins All-Army Combatives Championship

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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National Guard museum in Pineville looking for volunteers

PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum at Camp Beauregard in Pineville is looking for volunteers to help tell the story of central Louisiana’s role in the defense of the United States of America. “We are looking for volunteers who are interested in helping keep our military history alive,” said

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Louisiana Guard museum volunteers celebrate 26 years of making history

Former Guardsmen, others donate 2,000 hours to restoring history By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard recognized 17 members of the civilian all-volunteer 122nd Bomber Squadron Restoration Unit and seven additional volunteers during an official ceremony at the Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. Military History

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La. Guard delivers water to senior care center in Tallulah

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, delivered 4,000 gallons of water to the Olive Branch Senior Care Center in Tallulah, Jan. 24, at the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

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La. Guard hosts Veteran’s Day deer hunt for disabled vets

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Veteran’s Day is a time to honor those who have served and those who are still serving in the United States Armed Forces. All over the country one can find parades, concerts being held and meals being given to those men and

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