Virginia National Guard

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

189th Engineer Company welcomes new commander
February 25, 2015 — The 189th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge Company) conducted a change of command ceremony Feb. 22, 2015, at the Bowling Green Readiness Center. Capt. Kresimir E. Waite took command of the unit from Capt. Marianne E. Heldmann... MORE

Virginia Guard Soldiers on hand as Cannon Creek Greenway project dedicated
May 8, 2012 — A ribbon cutting ceremony was held May 5, 2012, to celebrate the opening of the first phase of the Cannon Creek Greenway Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail, a project that was supported by members of the Virginia National Guard’s Powhatan-based 180th Horizontal Construction Company, 276th Engineer Battalion... MORE

Engineer service projects aide communities in Richmond, Stafford County
August 7, 2011 — Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's Petersburg-based 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command put their engineer skills to practical use for two community service projects in Stafford County and Richmond during their two-week annual training period from July 16 to 30. The work was part of the Innovative Readiness Training program that allows engineers to put their military skills to work on community service projects approved by National Guard Bureau... MORE

Powhatan-based Virginia Guard engineer company returns from Iraqi duty
October 8, 2009 — Approximately 160 Soldiers from the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company returned to Virginia Oct. 6 after serving in Iraq since December 2008. Approximately 30 Soldiers from the Southwest Virginia area arrived at Tri-Cities Regional Airport for a reunion with their families, and the remaining Soldiers returned to the Powhatan Readiness Center where they were formally welcomed home by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Maj. Gen. Robert B. Newman, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, their families and friends from the Powhatan area... MORE

180th Engineer Company returns to Virginia

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