Command Group Historian
Retired Louisiana National Guard Captain Richard Moran is a 1992 Graduate of Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern European History, and two minors, Business Administration and English. Richard has been with the Louisiana National Guard museum system since 1999. In the past 13 years he has served as the Office Administrator, unofficial Military Historian for the Louisiana Military History Department and is currently the Curator for the Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum at Camp Beauregard Pineville. Richard retired from the National Guard in 2012 with over 23 years of service. He enlisted in 1989 and rose through the ranks from a Private (E1) to Staff Sergeant (E6) and through the Officer Corps to Captain (O3). His roles included Vehicle Commander, Section Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant, Platoon Leader, Troop Executive Officer, Troop Commander, Squadron Assistant Operations Officer, Base Defense OIC, Squadron Supply Officer, and Unit Historian. He is a veteran of Desert Storm and deployed twice to Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
You can reach Richard at 318-290-6104 or richard.b.moran.civ@army.mil