Virginia National Guard

New commander takes charge of 192nd Medical Group and Detachment 1
March 29, 2016 — The 192nd Fighter Wing held a joint change of command ceremony for the 192nd Medical Group and Detachment 1 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, Medical Group, March 20, 2016, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia... MORE

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

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

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

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