Virginia National Guard

Task Force Punisher Soldiers return to Virginia from Iraq
December 15, 2011 — Approximately 210 Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from the Sandston-based 2nd Assault Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 91st Troop Command returned to Virginia Dec. 10, 2011, after serving in Iraq since April 2011. The Soldiers arrived in two separate flights on Saturday, and were welcomed home by senior leaders of the Virginia National Guard and reunited with their families and friends at the Virginia National Guard Aviation Support Facility in Sandston... MORE

Warm welcome home as "Task Force Punisher" returns to Virginia

First group of Sandston-based National Guard aviation battalion returns to USA from duty in Iraq
December 5, 2011 — Approximately 275 Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from the Sandston-based 2nd Assault Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 91st Troop Command returned to the United States Dec. 3 and 4, 2011 after serving in Iraq since April 2011. The Soldiers are the main body of about 325 total Soldiers from the unit returning to Virginia, and they will spend about seven to 10 days conducting a number of different administrative and reintegration demobilization activities at Fort Hood, Texas to transition from active duty back to traditional National Guard status prior to returning to Virginia... MORE

Aircraft fuel handlers keep helicopters flying in Iraq
September 21, 2011 — Soldiers from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 77th Theater Aviation Brigade are doing their part to keep helicopters flying in Iraq by operating the Forward Arming and Refueling Point at Contingency Operating Base Adder... MORE

Aviation battalion conducts send-off before deployment to Iraq
March 4, 2011 — The “Punishers” of the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment conducted a departure ceremony Feb. 25 at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston to bid farewell to the mobilizing Soldiers and to mark the official start of the unit's federal active duty service in Iraq... MORE

Departure ceremony held for Sandston-based Virginia Guard aviati

Virginia Guard helicopter crew helps firefighters battle fire at Henrico landfill
September 13, 2010 — A Virginia National Guard helicopter crew flying a Black Hawk helicopter equipped with a 600-gallon water bucket helped Henrico County firefighters contain a blaze Sept. 8 at The East End landfill... MORE

Virginia welcomes home 2/224th Aviation from Iraqi deployment
February 25, 2007 — On the day following Valentine’s Day, Feb. 15, 2007, the hearts of over 300 families beat wildly in anticipation of the return of the Virginia National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation, which had served over a year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom... MORE

Tajikistan military visits Virginia Guard
January 28, 2004 — The Virginia National Guard hosted the first official visit by the military of the Republic of Tajikistan on Jan. 15 at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston... MORE

Members of 224th Aviation return home
April 8, 2002 — The first of two groups of Virginia Army National Guard soldiers returned to the Commonwealth and to loved ones from Bosnia-Herzegovina on April 6, 2002. Approximately 60 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation returned home after almost seven month of demanding duty in support of NATO's Stabilization Force mission in the Balkans... MORE

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