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Youth ChalleNGe Program provides more than just discipline

La. National Guard graduates earn 1,158 college credit hours in 22 weeks By 1st Lt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The partnership between the Louisiana National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program and Bossier Parish Community College, allowing cadets to receive credit for college classes taken during their enrollment at YCP, […]

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La. Guard YCP graduate receives $20,000 scholarship

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Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Preston Ponder received a $20,000 scholarship from the National Youth Foundation at the Louisiana National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Program Gala in New Orleans, June 28. Ponder is a graduate of the LANG’s Camp Minden YCP in Minden, La., and currently attends Louisiana Tech University

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La. Guardsman returns from deployment, surprises daughter at Kids’ AT

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NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Jeremy Marks of the 844th Engineer Company, surprised his daughter, Leona, during this year’s Kids’ Annual Training Camp in Bunkie, La., June 19, 2014. “It just feels great to be home,” said Marks. “I just can’t wait to see my little girl again.” Marks, and others

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Louisiana provides a common link to Puerto Rico and Mississippi

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By: Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 236th Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS) held their 2014 annual training in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (formerly Ramey Air Force Base) this month. The unit’s mission was to provide satellite communication links between the Puerto Rico

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NGB vice chief participates in LANG YCP graduation

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By Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office ALEXANDRIA, La. – Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, travelled to Louisiana for a graduation ceremony for the Camp Beauregard Youth Challenge Program in Alexandria, Saturday, June 14, 2014. The Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program includes a 5-month residential

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La. Guard welcomes home Soldiers from overseas

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NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 844th Engineer Company and 1021st Engineer Company returned home to family and friends during welcome-home events throughout the state,June 18. The 844th, based in Pineville, La., with two detachment locations in Ruston, La., and Monroe, La., deployed more than 160 Soldiers to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring

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