By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment were awarded the Airbus Lakota Award of Valor in Hammond, Feb. 12. On Aug. 13, 2016, during historic flooding, pilots Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dino Parmentier and Chief Warrant […]
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By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Representative SHREVEPORT, La. –The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed Maj. Jeremy Cook as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at its Headquarters Armory in Shreveport, June 4. Cook, a resident of
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By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PINEVILLE, LA – “Whenever I feel myself becoming emotionally attached and wanting to mourn with the family, which is not our job, I always think to place the mission first. That gets me through the moment,” said Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge of the Louisiana National
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By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Guardsman, Sgt. Austin Rome, looks down at a row of laptops arranged in front of him during Exercise Cyber Shield 17, a training exercise that involves 850 Soldiers and Airmen from more than 42 states and territories, several state and
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By Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BLUFFDALE, Utah – The Louisiana National Guard’s Cyber Defense Incident Response Team and Defense Cyber Operations Element are training in support of Cyber Shield 17 at Camp W.G. Williams in Bluffdale, to hone their cyber defense skills, April 23 – May 6. Cyber Shield
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By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, surrounded by Louisiana National Guardsmen and LANG children, signed a proclamation recognizing April as month of the military child at the state capitol building in Baton Rouge, April 12. Since 1986, the Army has celebrated April
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