Fort Barfoot


Fort Pickett was officially redesignated Fort Barfoot in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties, during a ceremony March 24, 2023. The post is one of nine U.S. Army installations being renamed based on the Naming Commission’s recommendations to remove the names and symbols honoring or commemorate the Confederate States of America.

Located near Blackstone, Fort Barfoot has more than 225 full-time state and federal employees provide support to tenant and training units on approximately 41,000 acres featuring a combination of open and wooded terrain maneuver areas and 21 ranges capable of supporting almost any weapons system in the U.S. Army inventory with barracks to support more than 5,000 personnel as well as an Army airfield operation.

Fort Barfoot News

Contractors use a crane to hoist empty rail tank cars and place them on flat-bed trucks for transport to the Petroleum Operations Sustainment Tactical Training area in support of the Fort Gregg-Adams-based 94th Training Division Aug. 22, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. The rail tank cars will enhance and expand 92F Petroleum Supply Specialist training on Fort Barfoot and mitigate training gaps identified by the Army. Moving the cars safely from the rail head in Fort Barfoot’s cantonment area several miles to the petroleum training area took a combined effort from contractors, 94th TD, FORSCOM and Fort Barfoot’s Directorate of Public Works. Read more about Fort Barfoot at https://ngpa.us/25024.
Rail tank cars added to petroleum training program at Fort Barfoot
Aug. 26, 2024
After years of planning, the U.S. Forces Command added two rail tank cars to their Petroleum Operations Sustainment Training program, or POST, in support of the Fort Gregg-Adams-based 94th Training Division to enhance bulk fuel supply training efforts Aug. 23, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. 
Teachers from across Virginia participate in the Virginia Army National Guard’s inaugural Civic Leader Appreciation Day July 17, 2024, at the Blackstone Army Airfield near Fort Barfoot, Virginia. The event kicked off with a welcome from Brig. Gen. Todd Hubbard, the VNG Director of the Joint Staff, and included flights on board UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, as well as an opportunity for educators and civic leaders to learn more about the National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terra C. Gatti)
Virginia Army National Guard hosts inaugural Civic Leader Appreciation Day
July 31, 2024
The Virginia Army National Guard held its inaugural Civic Leader Appreciation Day on July 17, 2024, at the Blackstone Army Airfield near Fort Barfoot, Virginia. Approximately 125 teachers, school administrators, and support staff attended the event, which was hosted by the Virginia Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion.
More than 15 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Petersburg-based 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group extend their enlistments during a ceremony July 25, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, during the unit’s annual training. Joyce Reed, the Virginia Deputy Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, and Brig. Gen. Charles B. Martin Jr. and Command Sgt. Maj. Irving Reed Jr., the Virginia Army National Guard command team, spoke during the ceremony, thanking the Soldiers for their renewed commitment. Martin administered the oath of enlistment before the Soldiers received reenlistment certificates. Read more about the 276th at https://ngpa.us/30325.
Ceremony extends enlistments for 276th Engineer Bn. Soldiers
July 29, 2024
More than 15 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Petersburg-based 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group extended their enlistments during a ceremony July 25, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, during the unit’s annual training. 
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Petersburg-based 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conduct a Plus One Day with their loved ones July 19, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, during the unit’s annual training. During the event, Soldiers’ family members and significant others fired simulated weapons at the Engagement Skills Trainer, conducted a live-fire range with the M240B machine gun and observed demolitions operations. Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion were on hand with information about the Referral Enlistment Program. Read more about the 276th at https://ngpa.us/30325.
276th Engineer Bn. hosts “Plus One Day” during AT
July 25, 2024
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Petersburg-based 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conducted a "Plus One Day" with their loved ones July 19, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia.
Fort Barfoot partners with the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce and numerous community organizations to return fireworks to the installation July 2, 2024, at the historic Blackstone Army Airfield and Allan C. Perkinson Airport. Multiple Virginia National Guard units stationed at Fort Barfoot and Blackstone brought out static displays to educate visitors about their missions and capabilities including the Virginia Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, 34th Civil Support Team, 3647th Maintenance Company, Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site and Fort Barfoot Fire and Emergency Services. Col. James C. Shaver Jr., the Fort Barfoot garrison commander, kicked off the fireworks show by blank firing a towed 75mm salute howitzer hauled by an M151A2 Jeep.
Fireworks return to Fort Barfoot after 18 years 
July 8, 2024
Fort Barfoot personnel and citizens from across the region attended an Independence Day fireworks celebration July 2, 2024, at the historic Blackstone Army Airfield and Allan C. Perkinson Airport near Blackstone, Virginia.

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Directorate of Logistics
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