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VNG supports 75th Virginia Gubernatorial Inauguration
January 17, 2026 — Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen supported the inauguration of Abigail Spanberger as the 75th Governor of Virginia Jan. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Virginia. VNG personnel conducted a variety of missions including a blank-fire artillery salute, playing ceremonial music and conducting a flyover with F-22 fighter jets. A formation of Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen also led the inaugural parade... MORE

VNG to support 75th Virginia Gubernatorial Inauguration
January 5, 2026 — Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will be on duty Jan. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Virginia, supporting the inauguration of Abigail Spanberger as the 75th Governor of Virginia... MORE

VNG supports the Inauguration of the 74th Governor of Virginia

Governor-elect Spanberger to reappoint Ring as Adjutant General
January 5, 2026 — Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger will reappoint Maj. Gen. James W. Ring as the Adjutant General of Virginia according to an announcement made Jan. 5, 2026... MORE

Adjutant General of Virginia speaks during ceremony

Former AG Williams named Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs
December 22, 2025 — Retired Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, who served as the 28th Adjutant General of Virginia, was selected by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to serve as the Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, according to a news release from the incoming governor’s communications team Dec. 22, 2025. ... MORE

Senior enlisted leader assignments announced for 116th MBCT, 183rd RTI and 192nd Wing
December 16, 2025 — New senior noncommissioned officers are taking responsibility in the Virginia Army and Air National Guards, according to announcements made by Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia... MORE

116th IBCT officially converted to mobile brigade combat team
October 17, 2025 — The Virginia National Guard’s Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was officially converted to the 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team effective Oct. 16, 2025, by the Army Structure Memorandum, commonly referred to as the ARSTRUC... MORE

VNG’s 116th IBCT field tests new mobile brigade combat team organization during XCTC rotation

180th Engineers begin federal active duty mobilization
September 18, 2025 — Approximately 130 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Support Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group marked the beginning of their federal active duty mobilization with a departure ceremony Sept. 8, 2025, in Powhatan, Virginia. ... MORE

Company command team furls unit guidon during departure ceremony

Batterton succeeds Jumper to lead Virginia Air National Guard
September 10, 2025 — Brig. Gen. Christopher Batterton succeeded Brig. Gen. Catherine Jumper as commander of the Virginia Air National Guard effective Sept. 6, 2025, and Jumper assumed responsibilities as the Assistant Adjutant General for Air Strategic Initiatives... MORE

Official portrait of Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Batterton

Ceremony to mark activation of 29th Division Artillery
August 25, 2025 — The Virginia National Guard will celebrate the official return of the 29th Division Artillery at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the Virginia War Memorial, located at 621 S. Belvidere Street in Richmond, Virginia. ... MORE

29th Infantry Division symbol on a yellow and red background

Ribbon cutting celebrates opening of STARBASE Blackstone
August 12, 2025 — The Virginia National Guard and Virginia Department of Military Affairs cut a ribbon to symbolically open STARBASE Blackstone, The VNG’s second STARBASE Academy location, Aug. 8, 2025, at the VNG’s Blackstone Readiness Center in Blackstone, Virginia. ... MORE

A ribbon is cut to signify the opening of STARBASE Blackstone

Samulski succeeds DiNonno as 29th Infantry Division commanding general
August 7, 2025 — Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Samulski took command of the 29th Infantry Division from Maj. Gen. Joseph A. DiNonno Aug. 3, 2025, on the Long Parade Field at Fort Belvoir, Virginia... MORE

29th Infantry Division change of command ceremony

Ceremony officially opens VNG’s Roanoke Regional Readiness Center expansion
August 6, 2025 — Virginia National Guard senior leaders along with state and local government officials cut a ribbon to formally open the expanded Roanoke Regional Readiness Center Aug. 2, 2025, in Troutville, Virginia... MORE

Local and VNG leaders cut a ribbon to officially open the new readiness center

TAG, CSEL conduct key leader engagements in Tajikistan
July 14, 2025 — Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Command Master Sgt. John Nye, the Virginia National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader, conducted key leader engagements with senior Tajikistan officials June 23 and 24, 2025, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. ... MORE

Ring, Nye conduct key leader engagements in Tajikistan

VNG helps commemorate D-Day 81 in Bedford
June 12, 2025 — Virginia National Guard senior leaders and Soldiers participated in the 81st D-Day Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony June 6, 2025, at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, on the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy during World War II... MORE

Samulski to succeed DiNonno as 29th Infantry Division commanding general
June 4, 2025 — Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Samulski has been selected to succeed Maj. Gen. Joseph A. DiNonno as the commanding general of the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division, according to an announcement made June 3, 2025, by Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia... MORE

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