Community Involvement

La. Guardsmen assist with overnight search and rescue

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rescued more than 100 citizens overnight in central Lake Charles, Aug 28. Altogether, 3-156th assisted the Lake Charles Fire Department, Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s Office and the Department of […]

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La. National Guard helps restore historic Grambling ponds, trails

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 921st Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion cleared and grubbed 15 acres of land around Grambling State University’s catfish research ponds near Ruston, March 30 – June 15. The 15 engineer Soldiers cleared trees, undergrowth and debris from the area,

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Youth Challenge Program graduates more than 200 cadets

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Family and friends filled the sanctuary at the Pentecostals of Alexandria Church in Alexandria, to watch 205 cadets graduate from The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program during a ceremony, June 10. The mission of the YCP is to intervene in and

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La. National Guard trains with local power company on cyber defense

By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s cyber protection teams, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security, held a four-day training seminar with Louisiana power supplier CLECO, as a part of the LANG’s annual disaster relief exercise, March 29 –

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Miss Spirit of the Ouachita visits La. Guardsmen

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Guardsmen from the Louisiana National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion received a visit from Miss Spirit of the Ouachita Molly Humphries during their drill weekend at the battalion headquarters in Monroe, Jan. 21. Humphries is a 2017 Miss Louisiana contestant representing Monroe in the competition.

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