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April, 2020
News Release: VA. National Guard continues to assist statewide COVID-19 response
April 29, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia National Guard has more than 530 personnel actively working or ready to support the Commonwealth of Virginia’s COVID-19 response as of April 29, 2020. VNG Soldiers, Airmen, and members of the Virginia Defense Force are supporting planning teams and assisting with logistics support in multiple… ...
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VNG continues COVID-19 to assist statewide COVID-19 response
April 23, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia National Guard has more than 500 personnel actively working or ready to support the Commonwealth of Virginia’s COVID-19 response as of April 27, 2020. VNG Soldiers, Airmen and members of the Virginia Defense Force are supporting planning teams and assisting with logistics support in multiple… ...
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MTC Fort Pickett full stream ahead with range maintenance projects
April 22, 2020
— FORT PICKETT, Va. — With regular Virginia National Guard field training on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, some opportunistic improvements are in the works at Maneuver Training Center Fort Pickett, which will benefit units once training resumes. While units drill remotely, the Fort Pickett Range Operations staff has been hard… ...
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1945th Contracting Team returns from overseas deployment
April 22, 2020
— VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 1945th Contracting Team, 329th Regional Support Group returned from federal active duty and a nearly year-long overseas deployment in early March 2020. 1945th commander, Maj. Nate Seymour, and Maj. Shyra Cullins served as administrative contract officers, while…...
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VNG supports VDEM efforts at primary supply distribution hub
April 22, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia’s Covid-19 response efforts continue across the commonwealth with the support of Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airman as well as members of the Virginia Defense Force. These efforts include statewide distribution support at the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s disaster logistics warehouse in Richmond, Virginia. Since…...
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State employees prove vital in VNG's COVID-19 response
April 21, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. — When uniformed Soldiers and Airmen of the Virginia National Guard were called to duty to support the fight against COVID-19 in March, they wouldn’t have been able to tackle their mission without the hard work, expertise, and dedication of the 400 state employees of the Virginia Department…...
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Fort Pickett, 229th Engineers adjust fire to complete required training remotely
April 9, 2020
— FORT PICKETT, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Fredericksburg-based 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion was able to conduct vital unit training remotely April 4-5, 2020, thanks to the innovative thinking of the Fort Pickett Asymmetric Threat Training Support Program team. In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and to ensure Soldiers…...
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192nd Wing Airman stand ready, adapt to COVID-19 guidelines as JBLE flying mission continues
April 8, 2020
— JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Approximately 20 Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the 192nd Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis are supporting Virginia’s COVID-19 response as of April 6, 2020. Airmen also continue to work with their 1st Fighter Wing active-duty counterparts to slow the virus’s spread while continuing daily… ...
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VNG MFTs offer tips on staying fit while staying hime during pandemic
April 8, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. — With gyms closed and sports canceled, the Virginia National Guard’s Master Fitness Trainers are teaming up to provide some tips on staying fit while staying home. “There’s no reason people can’t come out of this more fit,” said Master Sgt. Ramon Abreu-Perez, master fitness coordinator for the… ...
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VNG supports efforts to fight COVID-19 in Southwest, Central Virginia
April 8, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and members of the Virginia Defense Force continue to support Virginia’s COVID-19 response efforts, including planning and logistics in Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Roanoke, Virginia, and supporting at a Virginia Department of Emergency Management supply warehouse in Richmond, Virginia. “Each of these Soldiers…...
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Va. Defense Forces assisting with COVID-19 response
April 7, 2020
— RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 20 members of the Virginia Defense Force are serving on state active duty in direct support of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Emergency Support Team as of April 7, 2020, assisting the state’s COVID-19 response. VDF personnel are assisting with mission tracking, planning, and public… ...
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VaANG twins mission-critical amid stay-at-home order
April 6, 2020
— For Staff Sgt. Brian Petrine, it’s a common occurrence for strangers at his job in the 192nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron to walk up and start talking as if they know him. “And then they start yelling at me ‘stop playing around,’ and I tell them no really, I don’t know you,” Brian said. The same is true for his identical twin, Staff Sgt. Trevor Petrine, who also works on the flightline at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron. ...
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VaANG officer brings experience from motorsports to the flightline
April 1, 2020
— His grandfather instilled in him a passion for cars and racing early on at the drag strip, not far from his hometown in Brodhead, Wisconsin. But as he got older, Capt. Andrew Gibler said he didn’t invest the time he probably should have in the family’s pastime. “Especially when I got to high school, and I was too cool,” Gibler said. Now, as an adult and a maintenance officer in the Virginia Air National Guard’s 192nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Gibler spends whatever free time he has designing, developing, and producing suspension components for race cars...
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