61st Troop Command

01/17/2026

01/14/2025

The 61st Troop Command hosted its Best Warrior Competition Jan. 12, testing Soldiers in a series of challenges designed to identify the command’s top Noncommissioned Officer and junior enlisted Soldier!

Sgt. Nicholas Cullop, assigned to the 62nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), and Pfc. Elizabeth Williams, assigned to the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, won the competition and will advance to represent the 61st at the state-level Best Warrior Competition later this year.

01/04/2025

The 61st is proud of the Soldiers providing safety and security for the State of Louisiana.

01/04/2025

12/10/2024

This past week, the Louisiana National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) conducted a training exercise culminating in a National Guard Bureau evaluation. To read more, visit
https://geauxguard.la.gov/la-guard-conducts-hyper-realistic-disaster-training-in-georgia/

12/07/2024

Louisiana Army and Air National Guard CERFP members trained in Perry, Georgia, to sharpen their disaster response skills. This specialized team is trained deploy within six hours to provide search and extraction, patient decontamination and emergency medical care across FEMA Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas).

12/06/2024

Louisiana Army and Air National Guard CERFP members are training in Perry, Georgia, to sharpen their disaster response skills. This specialized team is trained deploy within six hours to provide search and extraction, patient decontamination and emergency medical care across FEMA Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas).

12/05/2024

Congratulations to Staff Sgt. Richard Brignac for his promotion to staff sergeant! Staff Sgt. Brignac, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 61st Troop Command, was promoted on Dec. 5 while rappelling down a wall in Perry, Georgia.

12/05/2024

Louisiana Army and Air National Guard CERFP members are training in Perry, Georgia, to sharpen their disaster response skills. This specialized team is trained deploy within six hours to provide search and extraction, patient decontamination and emergency medical care across FEMA Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas).

12/04/2024

The Louisiana National Guard CERFP is conducting a week-long search and rescue, decontamination and medical response training exercise in Perry, Georgia.

12/03/2024

The Louisiana National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) began a week-long search and rescue, decontamination and medical response training exercise Dec. 2 at the Guardian Centers of Georgia training facility in Perry, Georgia.