34th CST trained, ready after formal evaluation
Historic highway marker honoring SMR unveiled in Virginia Beach
Finnish Air Force commander tours 192nd Wing, meets Virginia National Guard leaders
VNG Soldiers conduct close-quarters battle exchange in Tajikistan
Real ID soon required for VNG installation access
VNG breaks ground on new Army Aviation Support Facility
329th RSG’s Warren, 116th IBCT’s Garner tops at Best Warrior Competition
Virginia Guard facilities team wins two national awards
VNG Officer Candidate School accepting applications for traditional and accelerated classes

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Updates to VNG social media, website content
March 5, 2025
Content on this platform is being reviewed, removed and archived to align with the President's executive orders and Department of Defense priorities in accordance with DoD Instruction 5400.17. For any questions regarding social media policies, please refer to “Official Use of Social Media for Public Affairs Purposes” guidance available on the DOD web site at https://vngpao.info/4mj56vjp.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assist with commodity distribution Feb. 18, 2025, in Southwest Virginia. Soldiers deployed to the area to assist local emergency managers supporting citizens impacted by severe weather and power outages.
VNG wraps up support to Southwest Virginia
Feb. 26, 2025
Virginia National Guard Soldiers ended their missions in Southwest Virginia Feb. 23, 2025, after deploying to the area Feb. 14 to assist local emergency managers supporting citizens impacted by severe weather and power outages.

VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD NEWS

A Virginia historic highway marker recognizing the State Military Reservation Historic District is unveiled April 10, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Catherine M. Jumper, Commander of the Virginia Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Emily Huffman, commander of the State Military Reservation, and Dr. Lisa Vaughn Jordan, Virginia Department of Military Affairs Cultural Resources Program manager, presided over the ceremony. The marker is located on General Booth Boulevard, across from the Virginia Aquarium. The Highway Marker Program, under the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, identifies and documents Virginia’s significant historical persons, events, and places.
Historic highway marker honoring SMR unveiled in Virginia Beach
April 23, 2025
A Virginia historic highway marker recognizing the State Military Reservation Historic District was unveiled April 10, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Catherine M. Jumper, Commander of the Virginia Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Emily Huffman, commander of the State Military Reservation, and Dr. Lisa Vaughan Jordan, Virginia Department of Military Affairs Cultural Resources Program manager, presided over the ceremony.
Four Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers conduct a close-quarters battle exchange with members of the Tajik military April 7 - 11, 2025, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The engagement was conducted in support of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which has connected Virginia and Tajikistan since 2003.
VNG Soldiers conduct close-quarters battle exchange in Tajikistan
April 22, 2025
Four Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers conducted a close-quarters battle exchange with members of the Tajik military April 7 - 11, 2025, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Operation Maverick’s Armistice
VaANG to participate in Operation Maverick’s Armistice
April 21, 2025
Nearly 800 members from 10 Air National Guard units will participate in Operation Maverick’s Armistice, an agile combat emploeyment exercise to be held April 21-27, 2025, at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, and surrounding airfields in the Sea of Antilles.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Fort Barfoot-based 34th Civil Support Team conduct a training proficiency evaluation April 3, 2025, in Lynchburg, Virginia. During the full-scale exercise portion of the TPE, the unit responded to a notional chemical and biological weapons threat inside a haunted house attraction, performing reconnaissance surveys and collecting samples of unknown substances for identification. The team also practiced a “man down” scenario, simulating an incapacitated team member. The unit conducts their TPE, which includes two full-scale exercises evaluated by U.S. Army North, roughly every 18 months. The 34th CST can identify unknown substances, assess current and projected consequences, advise an incident commander on response measures and assist with requests for additional state support. Read more about the CST at https://vngpao.info/34thCST.
34th CST trained, ready after formal evaluation
April 17, 2025
The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Barfoot-based 34th Civil Support Team was evaluated as trained and mission capable after a Training Proficiency Evaluation March 31 - April 3, 2025, in Lynchburg, Virginia. The evaluation was conducted by U.S. Army North, which supervised the exercise and validated the unit’s level of readiness. 
Finnish Maj. Gen. Timo Herranen, commander of the Finnish Air Force, tours the Virginia Air National Guard’s 192nd Wing and meets with Virginia National Guard leaders April 7, 2025, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia. Members of the 192nd Wing showcased the VaANG's mission capabilities including the F-22 Raptor, the Expandable Single Pallet Expeditionary Kitchen, the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers and the 185th Cyberspace Operations Squadron. The visit was conducted in support of the State Partnership Program, in which Virginia and Finland became formal partners in 2024. Read more about the SPP with Finland at https://vngpao.info/sppfinland.
Finnish Air Force commander tours 192nd Wing, meets VNG leaders
April 14, 2025
Finnish Maj. Gen. Timo Herranen, commander of the Finnish Air Force, met with Virginia National Guard leaders April 7, 2025, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The visit was part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which established a partnership between Virginia and Finland in May 2024.
Virginia National Guard Youth Program hosts a Month of the Military Child kickoff event March 29, 2025, at the Virginia Air & Space Science Center in Hampton, Virginia. The day’s activities included a scavenger hunt that challenged participants to explore their surroundings, solve puzzles, and collaborate with one another. The Defense Department celebrates military children during the month of April. There are more than 1.6 million military children who face many challenges and unique experiences as a result of their parents' service.
VNG Youth Program kicks off Month of the Military Child
April 9, 2025
April is Month of the Military Child and the Virginia National Guard Youth Program hosted a MOMC kickoff event March 29, 2025, at the Virginia Air & Space Science Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw, the Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, and Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, along with other state government officials and Virginia National Guard and community leaders, ceremonially break ground on a new Army Aviation Support Facility March 31, 2025, in Sandston, Virginia. The first stage of a five-stage project will build half of the approximately 11,000-square-foot helicopter parking space for the VNG’s UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota helicopters, as well as a hangar and operations building. The current VNG AASF is adjacent to the Richmond International Airport, and the lease expires in 2032. The Troutville-based 29th Infantry Division Band provided ceremonial music for the event, and volunteers with the Virginia Defense Force provided traffic control support.
VNG breaks ground on new Army Aviation Support Facility 
April 7, 2025
The Virginia National Guard ceremonially broke ground on the first in a series of projects to construct a new Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility March 31, 2025, in Sandston, Virginia.
Visitors to military installations including Fort Barfoot and Defense Supply Center Richmond will need to present a Real ID for access beginning May 7, 2025. The change is the implementation of the Real ID Act passed by Congress in 2005, which established minimum security standards for state-issued identifications including drivers licenses.
Real ID soon required for VNG installation access
April 7, 2025
Visitors to military installations including Fort Barfoot and Defense Supply Center Richmond will need to present a Real ID for access beginning May 7, 2025. 
Brig. Gen. Todd Hubbard, Virginia National Guard Director of the Joint Staff, signs a proclamation designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month April 2, 2025, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The proclamation reaffirms the VNG’s commitment to promoting a culture of dignity, respect and accountability, and focuses on this year’s theme of “Step Forward: Prevent. Report. Advocate.” The VNG is co-hosting events at DSCR over the course of the month with the Defense Logistics Agency and the 80th Training Command. More information is available at https://vngpao.info/bddvnm53.
VNG reconfirms focus on sexual assault awareness, prevention
April 4, 2025
Brig. Gen. Todd Hubbard, Virginia National Guard Director of the Joint Staff, signed a proclamation designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month April 2, 2025, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.
VNG History Report: Virginia Air Guard gets mobilized (1951)
VNG History Report: Virginia Air Guard gets mobilized (1951)
April 2, 2025
Digging into the archival history of the Virginia Air Guard, and using the 1950s version of email to learn about their first mobilization.

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ABOUT THE VA NATIONAL GUARD

The Virginia National Guard is a unique dual-status force with a federal mission to provide a combat reserve for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force to fight our nation’s wars and a state mission to provide a response force that answers the call of the Governor to defend the commonwealth. The VNG traces the history and tradition of Citizen-Soldier service to the founding of Jamestown in 1607, and there has been a military presence defending Virginia ever since. For more information on the Virginia National Guard click HERE.

SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION & RESPONSE

  • Virginia National Guard Reporting sexual assault line - 434-294-4669
  • DoD Safe Helpline - 877-995-5247/ 202-470-5546 (Oconus)

RESILIENCY RESOURCES

The Virginia National Guard J9 Directorate of Resiliency brings together Soldier-care efforts under one umbrella and includes: 

  • the Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce
  • Family Programs
  • Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention
  • Religious Support
  • the State Equal Employment Manager
  • the Sexual Assault Response Workforce

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