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116th IBCT senior leaders visit Task Force Normandy
January 30, 2016
— Senior leaders of the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team visited Virginia National Guard Soldiers serving on federal active duty with the Winchester-based 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in late January 2016 in Qatar. The battalion, also known as Task Force Normandy, began their mission of conducting security operations in November 2015...
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Virginia Guard Airmen participate in exercise with French and British forces
January 28, 2016
— Members of the 192nd Fighter Wing participated in the inaugural trilateral anti-access/area denial exercise with the United Kingdom and French service members hosted Dec. 2-18, 2015, at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia...
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Va. Guard provides mobility assistance during winter storm
January 27, 2016
— The Virginia National Guard returned to routine operations Jan. 27, 2016, after having more than 400 Soldiers on state active duty supporting Virginia State Police and local first responders as they assisted citizens after a historic snowfall blanketed the commonwealth...
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MATES personnel refurbish Fort Pickett tracked vehicles
January 26, 2016
— With temperatures hovering in the low 20s, Soldiers of Fort Pickett’s Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site, or MATES, bundled up and put two tracked vehicles back on display at Fort Pickett, Virginia, Jan. 19, 2016. The vehicles, an M42 Duster and an M84 Mortar Carrier, have long been on display at Fort Pickett, and had accumulated a thick coat of pinesap, bird droppings and graffiti over the years. Over a months-long process, MATES personnel cleaned, sandblasted and repainted the hulking vehicles in an effort to restore them to their original glory...
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Va. Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs shares leadership lessons with Va. Guard
January 25, 2016
— Retired U. S. Navy Adm. John C. Harvey, Virginia’s Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, shared his thoughts on leadership with members of Virginia National Guard and local military Jan. 21, 2016, at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. The event was first in a series of professional development opportunities that are part of newly-developed Distinguished Speaker Program sponsored by the Virginia National Guard...
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Va. Guard provides mobility assistance to State Police, local EMS
January 23, 2016
— Virginia National Guard Soldiers across the state are assisting Virginia State Police troopers and local emergency organizations get through heavy snow to respond to vehicle crashes, evacuate citizens in need of medical assistance and have also helped get needed equipment to a house fire. As of the morning of Jan. 23, 2016, the Guard has approximately 400 personnel staged and ready along the I-81 corridor between Lexington and Winchester, along the Route 29 corridor from Warrenton to Danville, as well as in the areas near Northern Virginia, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Gate City...
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AG updates JLC, shares legislative priorities
January 16, 2016
— Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, updated members of the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations on the Virginia National Guard and discussed the Va. Guard’s legislative initiatives for the 2016 session of the Virginia General Assembly Jan. 16, 2016, in Richmond, Virginia. The JLC provides a vehicle for veterans service organizations like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars to collaborate with the Department of Veterans Services on meeting the needs of Virginia’s veterans...
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Va. Guard balances state, federal missions in 2015
January 13, 2016
— The Virginia National Guard is a unique dual-status force with a federal mission to serve as a combat reserve to help fight our nation’s wars and a state mission to provide domestic response capability to answer the call of the Governor to assist citizens of the commonwealth during times of need. All through 2015, the Virginia National Guard and its all-volunteer reserve, the Virginia Defense Force, demonstrated at home and across the globe that its forces are ready to respond when needed...
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Va. Guard State Teen Panel gathers for Winter Training
January 7, 2016
— Members of the Virginia National Guard State Teen Panel gathered for their annual Winter Training Dec. 19, 2015, in Richmond, Virginia. The training focused on the new Master Resilience Training curriculum passed down from the National Guard Bureau. The teens focused on the skills of “Goal Setting” and “Hunt the Good Stuff,” which involves finding optimism in negative circumstances...
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Va. Guard officer honored at 2015 Women in Business Achievement Awards
January 6, 2016
— Lt. Col. Elena Scarbrough, commander of the Virginia National Guard’s Camp Pendleton Collective Training Center, was one of 15 Hampton Roads-area leaders honored at the 2015 Women in Business Achievement Awards Dec. 14, 2015, in Norfolk, Virginia...
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192nd Security Forces return from UAE, Afghanistan
December 18, 2015
— More than 35 Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the 192nd Security Forces Squadron at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, returned in October 2015 from two simultaneous deployments to Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates after serving on federal active duty since April...
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29th ID tested at Warfighter 16-2
November 26, 2015
— More than 400 Maryland and Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from the 29th Infantry Division joined with National Guard and active duty Soldiers from around the country, as well as active duty and Air National Guard Airmen, for a nine-day warfighter exercise Nov. 13-22 at Camp Atterbury, Ind...
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116th Infantry veterans and Soldiers gather for annual muster
November 17, 2015
— Veterans of the 116th Infantry Regiment and Soldiers of the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team gathered at the 48th annual Regimental Muster for an evening of camaraderie and fellowship Nov. 14, 2015, in Staunton, Va. Senior leaders also provided updates on the recent activities of the 116th and the Virginia National Guard...
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200th Weather Flight supports World Cycling Championship operations
October 9, 2015
— Airmen from the Virginia Air National Guard’s Sandston-based 200th Weather Flight, 192nd Fighter Wing provided weather support for the Union Cycliste Internationale Road World Cycling Championship held Sept. 18-27, 2015, in Richmond, Va...
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116th IBCT welcomes a diverse group of new leaders
September 24, 2015
— Ten of the freshly-minted second lieutenants from Virginia National Guard Officer Candidate School Class 57 will report to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to begin their officer careers after their commissioning ceremony held Aug. 22, 2015, at Fort Pickett, Va...
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