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The current base covers 12,500 acres (51 km 2) and is home to many different units and elements of the Louisiana Army National Guard. The camp was originally named for Louisiana native and Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. [1] Camp Beauregard was one of ten U.S. Army installations named for former Confederate Generals. [2]
The 225th Engineer Brigade is headquartered at Camp Beauregard near Pineville, Louisiana in Rapides Parish. The brigade conducts missions of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and civil engineering support.
After World War I in 1919, the Army had abandoned Camp Beauregard and turned the property over to the state of Louisiana, which returned it to the United States; however, interest in the military utilization of Camp Beauregard increased significantly in 1939 when war began in Europe. The United States needed a training ground for American troops.
After training at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, the division was deployed to France but did not see combat before the end of World War I. In July 1923 the division was re-designated as the 31st Infantry Division. [1] The 39th Infantry Division was reactivated after World War II with troops from Louisiana and Arkansas and its headquarters in ...
The Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG) announced in March 2023 that Camp Beauregard would be renamed as Louisiana National Guard Training Center-Pineville. The WMA was renamed Esler Field Wildlife Management Area. [1]
The headquarters, XV Army Corps, was redesignated on 19 August 1942 as headquarters, XV Corps, and ordered into active military service at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, on 15 February 1943. XV Corps took part in the July 1944 breakout from Normandy, Operation Cobra. The corps liberated Le Mans on 8 August 1944.
Louisiana State police instruct homeless people in New Orleans to clear out their encampment and move to a different location on Oct. 23, 2024. AP The order is in effect until Nov. 4.
Demobilized 23 January 1919 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana Reorganized 27 November 1920 as Troop A, Cavalry at Bogalusa Redesignated 10 August 1922 as Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry