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Louisiana National Guardsmen race clock, continue flood fight

By Staff Sgt. Denis Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard is racing the clock to help parish officials protect a community near the Clyde Fant Pkwy. and Jimmy Davis Hwy. in Shreveport, Louisiana, while combatting flood waters from the Red River. Engineer teams have been working […]

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Louisiana Guardsmen complete levee project, air lift pumps

By Staff Sgt. Denis Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard has completed construction on the temporary-wall project, helping parish officials protect a community near the Clyde Fant Pkwy. and Jimmy Davis Hwy. in Shreveport, Louisiana, while combatting flood waters from the Red River. Engineer teams constructed

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Louisiana National Guard works around clock to combat flooding

by Staff Sgt. Denis Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard continues to assist local, parish and state emergency officials in combating the flood waters to protect communities in Northwest Louisiana, June 6. Louisiana Guardsmen, as directed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, have been hauling assets, assisting construction

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La. Guard begins response efforts for River flooding event

by Staff Sgt. Denis Ricou, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by Governor Bobby Jindal, is ramping up its flood response efforts in Northwest Louisiana to assist local, parish and state emergency officials. In order to help combat the flood waters and protect communities, Louisiana Guardsmen

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La. Guardsmen assist in NATO global training in Germany

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Approximately 30 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion spent their annual training in support of Operation Austere Challenge in Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 10-24. The two, two-week training periods involved Guardsmen providing security to three access control points,

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La. Guard hosts visit from U.S. Ambassador to Haiti

By Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard hosted a visit from the Honorable Pamela A. White, United States ambassador to Haiti, while she toured several facilities and surveyed some operational programs in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas, May 13-15. “This State Partnership

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