Louisiana Army National Guard

La. Guard conducts 24-hour operations during tornado response

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – At the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Louisiana National Guard began 24-hour operations in support of local, parish and state officials after severe thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in southeast Louisiana, Feb. 7. As part of their overall security plan, […]

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La. Guard providing support for tornado response

NEW ORLEANS – At the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Louisiana National Guard has mobilized 150 personnel to assist local, parish and state emergency officials after severe thunderstorms spawned several tornados in southeast Louisiana, Feb. 7. Governor John Bel Edwards, Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, the adjutant general

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La. National Guard begins community projects

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard began repairing a levee breach at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, as one of several Innovative Readiness Training and Overseas Deployment Training projects planned throughout the year, Jan. 15. IRT projects are used to build and strengthen

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La. National Guard to support 58th Presidential Inauguration

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – More than 170 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 773rd Military Police Battalion departed Louisiana to serve with the specially created Joint Task Force – District of Columbia to support the 58th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 18. The 773rd will conduct security operations along the

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La. Guard delivers water to St. Joseph community

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   PINEVILLE, La. – At the request of Governor John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana National Guard’s 1086th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, has delivered 69,000 one-liter bottles of water to the town of St. Joseph. A public health emergency was declared in St.

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La. Guard’s special disaster team ready to respond

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office          NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s special disaster-response team concluded three days of training with a final evaluation exercise to maintain its Department of Defense certification at the Joint Emergency Services Training Center in Zachary, Jan 4-7. More than 200 LANG Soldiers

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