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116th MET reaches midpoint of overseas deployment
September 16, 2016
— The 26 Soldiers of the 116th Military Engagement Team reached the midpoint of their overseas deployment in August 2016, having completed more than four months in countries including Kuwait, Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia while also traveling throughout Central Asia, the Greater Levant and the Arabian Peninsula working with military members of partner nations...
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529th CSSB Soldiers participate in 5K race to build teamwork
September 15, 2016
— Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based Headquarters Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group took part in a 5K road race Sept. 11, 2016, in Virginia Beach, Virginia...
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Army Reserve Soldiers support Fort Pickett Ammo Supply Point
September 6, 2016
— More than 25 Army Reserve Soldiers from the Cross Lanes, West Virginia-based 261st Ordnance Company, 321st Ordnance Battalion, 38th Regional Support Group received real-world experience as they supported the ammo supply point at the Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett Maneuver Training Center for their two-week annual training period Aug. 6-20, 2016...
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Va. Guard supports state’s multi-agency severe weather response
September 5, 2016
— The Virginia National Guard staged more than 270 Soldiers at readiness centers and fire stations Sept. 3, 2016, in the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore areas as part of the state’s multi-agency severe weather response effort in the wake of Hurricane Hermine. The Guard received seven mission taskings to support local officials with possible evacuation of citizens and transportation of first responders through high water. With Virginia escaping any significant impacts from the severe weather, the Guard returned to routine operations late in the day Sept. 4...
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Military police platoon returns from federal active duty in Cuba
September 3, 2016
— The last groups of approximately 30 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based Delta Platoon, 229th Military Police Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group returned to Virginia Sept. 3, 2016, after serving on federal active duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since November 2015. The platoon conducted security operations in support of Joint Task Force – Guantanamo and its mission to conduct safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants...
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Va. Army Guard trains on new Army logistics management system
September 3, 2016
— Virginia Army National Guard logisticians from across the commonwealth wrapped up weeks of training on the new Global Combat Support System – Army Sept. 1, 2016, and the new information management system promises better integration of supply, maintenance, property and tactical finance functions...
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Multi-state Air Guard team brings new training site to Camp Pendleton
August 30, 2016
— A multi-state effort to build a new airfield damage repair training site on Camp Pendleton culminated with a ribbon cutting ceremony Aug. 30, 2016, at Virginia National Guard’s training installation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The site was constructed by Airmen of the Ohio National Guard’s 200th RED HORSE Squadron along with the Virginia Air National Guard’s 203rd RED HORSE Squadron and the Montana Air National Guard’s 219th RED HORSE Squadron, and it will provide a location for Air Force civil engineers to train on tasks associated with airfield operations and damage repair...
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Virginia Guard marksmen excel at regional, international shooting competitions
August 30, 2016
— A team of Virginia National Guard shooters were recognized as some of the best in the 2016 Marksmanship Advisory Council Region II Regional Marksmanship Sustainment Exercise in both the rifle and pistol competitions Aug. 25-28, 2016, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania...
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Jordanian logisticians visit Va. Guard
August 20, 2016
— Senior logistical officers of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army meet with Virginia National Guard logisticians Aug. 18, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The visit was part of a multi-day tour of the Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee and provided an opportunity for leaders to build relationships and share information between JAF and U.S. forces, enhance interoperability between forces and increase warfighting function effectiveness...
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Virginia National Guard breaks ground on new state headquarters
August 18, 2016
— Senior officials from state government, the Virginia National Guard, Defense Supply Center Richmond and the Guard’s construction partners broke ground on the new state headquarters facility Aug. 16, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The 102,000 square foot facility will be built on a 13.6-acre site in the northern section of DSCR, cost approximately $30 million and construction should be completed by February 2018. It will provide workspace for the Adjutant General of Virginia, the Virginia National Guard Joint Staff and Air National Guard Staff currently located at Mullins Readiness Center in Sandston...
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Va. Army Guard, VDF cyber specialists continue network assessments
August 15, 2016
— Virginia Army National Guard cyber experts assigned to the Fairfax-based Data Processing Unit completed their fourth weeklong vulnerability assessment Aug. 12, 2016, and members of the Virginia Defense Force joined the team for the first time to help a Virginia locality strengthen its network security. The first assessment was conducted in March 2016 after Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe authorized funds to put Virginia Guard personnel on state active duty to conduct a series of assessments aimed at improving network security in the state...
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Va. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team trains in Pulaski County
August 14, 2016
— Virginia National Guard aviation crews and Chesterfield County first responders conducted aviation rescue hoist training during the Max Creek Search and Rescue Exercise Aug. 13, 2016, in Pulaski County, Virginia. Soldiers assigned to the Chesterfield-based Detachment 1, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment and Detachment 2, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment along with members of Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Service Scuba Rescue Team work together as the Virginia Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team to provide trained and ready personnel capable of conducting synchronized aerial reconnaissance and rescue evacuation in situations where there is potential loss of life, limb or eyesight or significant property damage. The event was the latest in a series of exercises that are part of an ongoing training partnership between Virginia National Guard and Chesterfield County Fire & EMS...
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Va. Guard receives Secretary of the Army Award for renewable energy efforts
August 12, 2016
— The Virginia National Guard received a Secretary of the Army Energy and Water Management Award in the Renewables and Alternatives category Aug. 11, 2016, at the Department of Energy Training and Trade Show in Providence, Rhode Island. Brig. Gen. Paul Griffin, Director of the Virginia National Guard Joint Staff, accepted the award along with members of the Guard’s Facilities Management Office...
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Virginia National Guard to break ground on new state headquarters
August 11, 2016
— The Virginia National Guard will break ground on its new state headquarters facility at 11 a.m. on Aug. 16, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The 102,000 square foot facility will be built on a 13.6-acre site in the northern section of DSCR, cost approximately $30 million and construction should be completed by February 2018. It will provide workspace for the Adjutant General of Virginia, the Virginia National Guard Joint Staff and Air National Guard Staff currently located at Mullins Readiness Center in Sandston...
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116th MET supports multinational training event in U.K.
August 5, 2016
— Eleven members of the 116th Military Engagement Team traveled to the northeastern corner of England, to the British Army’s Stanford Training Area, for Steppe Eagle 16 During the final weeks of July 2016...
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