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La. Guard continues 24-hour security in New Orleans East

By Staff Sgt. David C. Kirtland, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard continues to provide 24-hour security operations in New Orleans East following the historic EF3 tornado, Feb. 7. The LANG has approximately 100 Guardsmen from 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, supporting the […]

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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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Want to get in better shape? Meet a LANG Master Fitness Trainer

By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office Welcome to the Louisiana National Guard’s new blog, LANGiappe. In these articles, we are going to explore some of the more interesting things that the Guard has to offer and talk about things that affect you as a LANG Soldier or Airman. For our

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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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