Louisiana Army National Guard commissions 16 new officers
Brig. Gen. Jason P. Mahfouz, Louisiana National Guard assistant adjutant general – Army, addresses graduates during an Officer Candidate School ceremony at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Aug. 23, 2025. Sixteen candidates were commissioned as second lieutenants.
Officer candidates from the Louisiana National Guard sit during their graduation ceremony at the Post Theater on Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Aug. 23, 2025. Sixteen candidates graduated from the Louisiana OCS program and were commissioned as second lieutenants.
Family members pin gold bars on newly commissioned second lieutenants during an Officer Candidate School graduation at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Aug. 23, 2025.
Col. Kevin W. James, 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) commander, presents the Erickson Award to 2nd Lt. Hayden Stanley, 527th Engineer Battalion, during an Officer Candidate School graduation at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Aug. 23, 2025.
Brig. Gen. Jason P. Mahfouz, Louisiana National Guard assistant adjutant general – Army, presents the Adjutant General Award to 2nd Lt. Nicholas Cullop, 61st Troop Command, during an Officer Candidate School graduation at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Aug. 23, 2025.
Graduates of OCS Class 65T and 66B pose with Brig. Gen. Jason P. Mahfouz, Louisiana National Guard assistant adjutant general – Army, after receiving their gold bars at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Aug. 23, 2025.
Story and photos by Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs OfficeFamilies, friends, mentors and fellow Soldiers filled the Post Theater at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., to watch as 16 officer candidates graduated from the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School and were commissioned as second lieutenants on Aug. 23, 2025...
