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Virginia National Guard celebrates 418th birthday
May 21, 2025
— The Virginia National Guard celebrated its 418th birthday May 14, 2025, with a ceremonial cake cutting at the Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia...
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VNG Soldiers impress at Regional Best Warrior Competition
May 19, 2025
— Spc. Nicholas Warren and Staff Sgt. Ivo Garner, the VaARNG Soldier and NCO of the Year, both placed second in their respective categories, competing against other Soldiers and NCOs from the region, including Washington, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. ...
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29th ID partners with Army researchers to capture electromagnetic signatures
May 15, 2025
— National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division took part in a command post training exercise to sharpen their readiness for real-world missions April 26 to May 10, 2025, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. The event allowed division staff to rehearse their duties in a simulated combat environment.This year’s exercise...
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VNG’s World War II MIA includes sergeant serving with Air Corps
May 13, 2025
— With the recent 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the Virginia National Guard History Program is highlighting the seven Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers who mobilized in 1941 who are still listed as missing in action. ...
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Blue and Gray division welcomes new CSM
May 7, 2025
— The 29th Infantry Division welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Eric J. Saxton as its new senior enlisted leader in a change of responsibility ceremony May 3, 2025, at the Fort Barfoot, Virginia, post stadium. Maj. Gen. Joseph A. DiNonno, the 29th Infantry Division commander, presided over the ceremony and passed the organization’s colors from outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy M. Hawley to Saxton...
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34th CERFP conducts collective training exercise at Fort Barfoot
May 6, 2025
— Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airman conducted a collective training exercise responding to a simulated mass casualty radiological event April 28 - May 2, 2025, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. ...
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VNG Soldiers conduct mountain warfare exchange in Tajikistan
May 5, 2025
— Three Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers conducted a mountain warfare exchange with members of the Tajik military April 21 - 25, 2025, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The engagement was conducted in support of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, in which Virginia and Tajikistan have been formal partners since 2003...
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Va. HART receives Virginia Bronze Star for efforts during Hurricane Helene
April 30, 2025
— Virginia National Guard and Chesterfield Fire and Emergency Medical Services senior leaders presented the VNG Bronze Star to members of the Virginia Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team for their work performing rescues in 2024 during Hurricane Helene April 22, 2025, in Chesterfield, Virginia. ...
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Nye succeeds Reich as VNG command senior enlisted leader
April 29, 2025
— Chief Master Sgt. John F. Nye took responsibility as the Virginia National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader from Chief Master Sgt. Kelly B. Reich during a ceremony April 11, 2025, at the Virginia National Guard Sgt. Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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