Over 250 Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 527th Engineer Battalion and 1022nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company were honored and awarded the Louisiana War Cross during an awards ceremony following their Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Training event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 15, 2022. The 527th, headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana, returned last December following a nearly year-long deployment to the Middle East where they conducted horizontal and vertical construction operations throughout Kuwait, Iraq, Syria and Qatar. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Madalyn McQuillan)