Courtesy Story | Louisiana National Guard | 12.05.2025
NEW ORLEANS – This November, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, will mark 20 years since returning from its historic deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. Among the brigade’s subordinate units was the 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, the oldest and most historic military unit in Louisiana....
Story by Spc. Duncan Foote | Louisiana National Guard | 11.20.2025
The Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, held a two-day reunion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its historic redeployment from Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III at Jackson Barracks on November 7-8....
Story by Capt. Peter Drasutis | Louisiana National Guard | 09.25.2025
This November, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, will mark 20 years since returning from its historic deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. One of its core battalions, the 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, was initially left out of the mobilization....
Courtesy Story | Louisiana National Guard | 08.28.2025
NEW ORLEANS – This fall, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, commemorates the 20th anniversary of its redeployment from Iraq in September 2005, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita....
Story by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis | Louisiana National Guard | 09.03.2024
PINEVILLE, La. – Twenty-nine Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, competed in the unit’s annual spur ride at Camp Minden, Louisiana, to earn their silver spurs on Aug. 24....
Story by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis | Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve | 09.18.2021
September 11, 2001: the date alone brings a different reaction, emotion or memory to each person old enough to remember the events that day. For the younger generation it is just another day in the history books, but for those who remember, it’s the day that changed everything for Americans. Soldiers of the Tiger Brigade alongside service members of other U.S. Military branches, Coalition......
Story by Sgt. Noshoba Davis | Louisiana National Guard | 08.16.2018
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Over 3,000 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participated in eXportable Combat Training Capability at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, July 14 - Aug. 3. XCTC is a National Guard program used to provide a similar experience to a combat training center. The program is used to certify platoon proficiency throughout brigades in......
Story by Sgt. Tresa L. Allemang | 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard | 06.05.2010
Christian T. Griffiths, New Orleans native, bid a final farewell to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 199th Brigade Support Battalion, as he was promoted to major and reassigned during a formal ceremony at Camp Liberty, Iraq....
