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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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La. National Guard’s 165th CSSB welcomes new commander

By Staff Sgt. Scott Longstreet, HHD 139th Regional Support Group                 PINEVILLE, La. –The Louisiana National Guard’s 165th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion welcomed Lt. Col. Jonathan D. Lloyd as their new commander during an official change of command ceremony at the 165th CSSB armory in Bossier City, Jan. 8. Lloyd, from New Orleans, assumed command from

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La. Guard Soldiers support Orient Shield 2016

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, LANG Public Affairs Specialist AIBANO TRAINING AREA, Japan – The Louisiana National Guard sent 22 Soldiers with the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to participate in Orient Shield 2016 at the Aibano Training Area in Japan to support 10th Support Group (Regional), Aug. 30 – Sept. 23. This was the 31st

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La. Guard’s Cavalry scouts earn silver spurs

By Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Public Affairs Representative MINDEN, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment awarded silver spurs to 10 Soldiers during its annual Spur Ride at Camp Minden in Minden, Dec. 6, 2016. The Spur Ride is a combination of training exercise and history lesson for the Soldiers to

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Louisiana Guardsmen excel in Cotton Land marathon

By Spc. Garrett L. Dipuma, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guardsmen Sgt. 1st Class Brian Woodburn and Sgt. 1st Class Reggie Nolan competed in the marathon and Sgt. Dillon Fraley of the 528th Engineer Battalion competed in the half marathon during the Cotton Land Marathon and Half Marathon in

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