1. The Virginia National Guard license plates are a great benefit offered to all Virginia National Guard members, and we look forward to another successful year.

2. Virginia National Guard members are entitled to receive up to two sets of Virginia National Guard license plates from the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). 1-100 Officers Major and Above, CW4 and CW 5 are eligible. 101-1500 All Officer’s, Senior Enlisted (E9 and E8) personnel are eligible for Virginia National Guard License Plates.

3. Field Grade Officers, Warrant Officer’s 4 and 5 are authorized license plates with the number series 1- 100. The 1-100 license plates are considered vanity plates.

4. License Plates 1-100. The registration for license plates for officer’s 1-100 will expire on 31 March 2025. The plates 1-100 are required to reapply every year. The suspense date to turn in applications is 2 March 2025; please scan and submit documents to the Director of the Joint Staff’s Executive Assistant at shirley.l.cooper.nfg@army.mil. Do not go online or visit DMV to apply or renew 1-100 plates. The documents to send Ms. Cooper:

a. Renewal, complete DMV VSA Form 10
b. If an initial issue, complete DMV VSA Form 10 and DMV VSA Form 14.
c. Copy of the registration for each vehicle. The member’s name must be on the registrations.

5. License Plates 101-1500. Officer’s and SGM/CSM/SMSgt/CMSgt, and CW5’s with plates 101-1500 may go online to renew or can scan the paperwork in paragraph 3 to Director of the Joint Staff’s Executive Assistant at shirley.l.cooper.nfg@army.mil. If you renew online, please notify the Executive Assistant by e-mail.

6. Retired personnel desiring retiree license plates will need to contact the Director of the Joint Staff’s Executive Assistant to get the AG of VA Form 66 to apply for retired plates.

7. Personnel retiring will need to replace their plates with a retired plate or a regular plate from DMV. Please contact the Director of the Joint Staff’s Executive Assistant for assistance.

8. Please inform the Director of the Joint Staff’s Executive Assistant if you remove or transfer National Guard license plates.

9. For questions, please contact Director of the Joint Staff’s Executive Assistant at 804-236-7879, 434-254-9451 or Shirley.l.cooper.nfg@army.mil