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La. National Guard, Community honor fallen Soldier

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, family, friends and the community of Central Louisiana, honored fallen Soldier Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother from Pineville, during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Aviation Support Facility #2 at Esler Air Field, March 24. Strother and three other Louisiana Guardsmen from the 1st Assault […]

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Funeral arrangements announced for two La. National Guardsmen

NEW ORLEANS –Two of the Louisiana National Guardsmen that died in the UH-60M Black Hawk crash March 10, will return to Louisiana this week. The following is a schedule of the ceremonies for the returning Soldiers. Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich III will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery and will not return to Louisiana.

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La. National Guardsmen in crash identified, remembered

NEW ORLEANS – Four Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment who died in a training accident, March 10, have been identified. Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr, 37; Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother, 44; Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron, 40; and Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich, 26;

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La. National Guard to hold press conference and live stream

  Update on helicopter accident in Florida NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard will hold a press conference to update the public through the media on the helicopter accident that occurred March 10 in the Santa Rosa Sound, in Florida, at the Jackson Barracks Museum on Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. Maj. Gen. Glenn

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Update on Recovery Operations of helicopter crash

  By Team Eglin Public Affairs Resolve Marine Group, out of Mobile, Ala., has been contracted to complete the recovery of the UH-60 aircraft from the Santa Rosa Sound. The operation is expected to take approximately eight hours, weather pending. An Army and Coast Guard dive team will also be on site to assist in

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Two La. Guardsmen confirmed killed in crash

  Search moves into recovery operations NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard has confirmed two Soldiers involved in the UH-60M Black Hawk training accident crash are dead and have been recovered, March 12. What was a search and rescue operation, has moved into recovery operations for the remaining two Guardsmen. “At this point, we’re

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