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Mississippi Magnolia Cross - Awarded to any member or former member of the Mississippi National Guard who has distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, or by unselfish and untiring activities while in state service or in support of the Mississippi National Guard, has rendered a distinct ...
The Louisiana Army National Guard was originally formed in the "18th Century when a militia was formed from among the civilian inhabitants of Colonial Louisiana to assist Royal French and Spanish troops in protecting the colony and preserving the peace" [2] The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system.
Louisiana National Guard: Louisiana National Guard: The Adjutant General, Louisiana: Not applicable: Major General Thomas C. Friloux [157] U.S. Army: Oklahoma National Guard: Oklahoma National Guard: The Adjutant General, Oklahoma: State Resource Manager/Executive Director, Oklahoma Military Department: Major General Thomas H. Mancino [158 ...
In addition, the Louisiana State Guard (LSG) is an all-volunteer militia force under the Louisiana Military Department that provides reserve personnel to both the Louisiana Army National Guard and the Louisiana Air National Guard. It is under state jurisdiction and its members are employed only within the State of Louisiana.
The U.S. National Guard, which depends on the governor of a state to concede its commissions in the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, may still confer brevets. Many states maintain a clause permitting the governor to confer any rank in its defense forces, including the militia and National Guards. Some states provide that the sitting ...
The bill would allocate $33 million for the Louisiana Army National Guard’s Lafayette Readiness Center, $105 million for Fort Johnson to add a rotational unit billeting area and barracks, $116 ...
[5] [6] Depending on the state, they may be variously named as state military, state military force, state guard, state militia, or state military reserve. Every state defense force is also the command authority for the " unorganized militia ", which is defined as every able bodied male between the age of 17 and 45 who is not already serving in ...
Currently the state's attorney general, Landry said an integral part of his plan as Louisiana's chief executive is to improve safety in New Orleans, which has often been in the national spotlight ...