Virginia National Guard

Va. Guard cyber specialists conduct network assessments
March 28, 2016 — Virginia Army National Guard cyber experts put their skills and experience to work to help a Virginia locality strengthen its network after completing a weeklong vulnerability assessment March 25, 2016. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe authorized funds to put Virginia Guard Soldiers on state active duty to conduct the first in a series of assessments aimed at improving network security in the state... MORE

NGB Senior Enlisted Advisor visits Va. Guard Airmen, Soldiers, leaders
March 24, 2016 — Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell O. Brush, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard, visited Virginia National Guard Airmen and Soldiers March 8-9, 2016, in Sandston, Richmond and Hampton, Virginia... MORE

NGB Senior Enlisted Advisor visits with Virginia Guard Airmen, Soldiers

Bunting takes command of 192nd Fighter Wing
March 22, 2016 — The Virginia Air National Guard’s 192nd Fighter Wing welcomed Col. Stephen H. Bunting, former 192nd Maintenance Group commander, as the new wing commander during a joint change of command ceremony March 19, 2016, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Bunting assumed command from Col. Robert J. Grey, and Col. Jeffrey L. Ryan, former director of logistics at Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, assumed command of the 192nd Maintenance Group... MORE

Bunting to take command of 192nd Fighter Wing

VDF conducts 24-hour communications exercise
March 12, 2016 — Members of the Virginia Defense Force conducted a 24-hour communications exercise March 4-5, 2016, in multiple locations across Virginia. Operating in their Mobile Communications Platform trailers in Richmond, Winchester, Lynchburg and Pulaski, VDF members used high frequency radios as well as other systems for voice and data communications to communicate with civilian amateur radio operators. The 24-hour exercise was designed to test the VDF’s ability to conduct continuous operations in the event of incident that degrades normal communications capabilities... MORE

116th MET completes pre-mobilization training
March 11, 2016 — Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Military Engagement Team, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team came together for three weeks of intensive training Feb. 15. – March 5, 2016, at Fort Pickett, Virginia, in preparation for their upcoming federal mobilization to Kuwait and Jordan... MORE

Airmen, Soldiers honored on 15th anniversary of 203rd RED HORSE crash
March 10, 2016 — CAMP PENDLETON, Va. — Airmen of the Virginia Air National Guard’s 203rd RED HORSE Squadron, 192nd Fighter Wing welcomed family members, friends and fellow servicemembers to Camp Pendleton, Virginia, March 3, 2016, for a ceremony commemorating the 15th anniversary of the worst peacetime aviation disaster in National Guard history. Eighteen members of the 203rd were killed alongside three aviators from the Florida Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, 171st Aviation Battalion when the C-23 Sherpa they were flying in crashed in a cotton field near Unadilla, Georgia, March 3, 2001... MORE

203rd RED HORSE ceremony remembers Airmen killed 15 years ago

Epperly promoted to brigadier general during Fort Belvoir ceremony
March 7, 2016 — Col. John M. Epperly, Deputy Commanding General, Maneuver, of the Virginia National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division was promoted to brigadier general March 5, 2016, at the Fort Belvoir Officers’ Club... MORE

116th IBCT Soldiers gain valuable experience supporting JRTC rotation at Fort Polk
March 6, 2016 — Nearly 150 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team traveled to Fort Polk, Louisiana, from Feb. 11 to March 1, 2016, to provide support to the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation 16-04... MORE

Va. Guard CERFP works side-by-side with agency partners at Sovereign Guardian 2016
February 29, 2016 — More than 170 Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, trained during Sovereign Guardian 2016 with members of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department Feb. 24, 2016, at the Washington DC Fire & EMS Training Academy in Washington, D.C... MORE

34th CST trains with new robotic technology
February 28, 2016 — Soldiers and Airmen of the Virginia National Guard’s Blackstone-based 34th Civil Support Team took part in the Sovereign Guardian 2016 exercise Feb. 22-26, 2016, in Washington, D.C. and had the opportunity to train with new technology they expect to field in 2017... MORE

Va. Guard assists with multi-agency storm cleanup effort
February 25, 2016 — More than 60 Virginia National Guard Soldiers serving on state active duty assisted with cleanup efforts Feb. 25, 2016, in areas of Virginia hardest hit by severe weather a day earlier. Soldiers with chain saws organized in debris reduction teams helped clear fallen trees and other debris in Essex, Westmoreland, Sussex, Patrick and Appomattox Counties. Virginia Army National Guard air crews flew two rotary wing aviation missions to transport emergency managers on an aerial visual assessment and also captured images for damage estimates... MORE

Va. Guard Counterdrug Task Force supports law enforcement
February 25, 2016 — Aviation support provided by the Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Task Force in January and February 2016 assisted federal and state law enforcement officials bring indictments against individuals suspected for involvement in illegal narcotics and gun distribution activities as well as suspected involvement in cartel related narcotics trafficking and terrorism links... MORE

Smith to command 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
February 23, 2016 — Col. E. Scott Smith will succeed Col. William J. Coffin as the commander of the Virginia National Guard’s Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, according to an announcement made Feb. 23, 2016, by Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia... MORE

Mercer selected as new DMA Director of Personnel and Administration
February 19, 2016 — Walter L. Mercer has been selected to succeed Stephen L. Huxtable as the Virginia Department of Military Affairs Director of Personnel and Administration according to an announcement made Feb. 19, 2016, by Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia. Huxtable will retire March 1, 2016, after more than 40 years of civilian and military service with the Virginia National Guard, and Mercer will assume the job March 10... MORE

Virginia National Guard to close readiness center in Chatham
February 4, 2016 — The Virginia National Guard will close its readiness center in Chatham, Virginia, according to an announcement made Feb. 4, 2016, by Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia. The unit and approximately 40 Soldiers currently stationed there will relocate to the readiness center in nearby Danville beginning in March 2016. Williams and senior Guard leaders met with local officials to explain the decision and answer questions about the planned closure... MORE

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