NEW ORLEANS – Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency, Jan. 27, and authorized the mobilization of 450 Louisiana National Guardsmen to state active duty to respond to Winter Storm Leon. The LANG mobilized personnel and equipment to assist the DOTD with road de-icing and road grading operations in Hammond, La., and Lafayette, […]
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By 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, LANG Reintegration Office NEW ORLEANS – A group of Louisiana National Guard non-commissioned officers, officers and one civilian member spent three days at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., learning to deliver Army resilience training to all Army Guardsmen in their respective units, Nov. 12-14. Their charge, according
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NEW ORLEANS – Declaring a state of emergency, Governor Bobby Jindal has authorized the mobilization of 650 Guardsmen to state active duty to respond to Tropical Storm Karen as needed. Additionally, Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the LANG, has directed the recall of up to 520 Louisiana National Guard technicians from
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By Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEVATIM, Israel – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing represented U.S. Air Forces in Europe by flying their F-15 fighter jets during an exercise designed to improve the interoperability and cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces at Nevatim Air
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High-tech equipment makes LANG a valuable partner 2nd Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force used its experience, high-tech equipment and training to assist law enforcement agencies with a large bust of marijuana plants in western Vernon Parish, June 14. The Vernon
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159th Fighter Wing teams with W.Va. Air Guard, other agencies to prep for storm season By Air Force Staff Sgt. Yolanda Addison, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office BELLE CHASSE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing conducted an aeromedical evacuation exercise at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New
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