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Va. HART receives Virginia Bronze Star for efforts during Hurricane Helene
April 30, 2025 — Virginia National Guard and Chesterfield Fire and Emergency Medical Services senior leaders presented the VNG Bronze Star to members of the Virginia Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team for their work performing rescues in 2024 during Hurricane Helene April 22, 2025, in Chesterfield, Virginia. ...

Nye succeeds Reich as VNG command senior enlisted leader
April 29, 2025 — Chief Master Sgt. John F. Nye took responsibility as the Virginia National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader from Chief Master Sgt. Kelly B. Reich during a ceremony April 11, 2025, at the Virginia National Guard Sgt. Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia...

Historic highway marker honoring SMR unveiled in Virginia Beach
April 23, 2025 — A Virginia historic highway marker recognizing the State Military Reservation Historic District was unveiled April 10, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Catherine M. Jumper, Commander of the Virginia Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Emily Huffman, commander of the State Military Reservation, and Dr. Lisa Vaughan Jordan, Virginia Department of Military Affairs Cultural Resources Program manager, presided over the ceremony...

VNG Soldiers conduct close-quarters battle exchange in Tajikistan
April 22, 2025 — Four Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers conducted a close-quarters battle exchange with members of the Tajik military April 7 - 11, 2025, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...

34th CST trained, ready after formal evaluation
April 17, 2025 — The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Barfoot-based 34th Civil Support Team was evaluated as trained and mission capable after a Training Proficiency Evaluation March 31 - April 3, 2025, in Lynchburg, Virginia. The evaluation was conducted by U.S. Army North, which supervised the exercise and validated the unit’s level of readiness. ...

Finnish Air Force commander tours 192nd Wing, meets VNG leaders
April 14, 2025 — Finnish Maj. Gen. Timo Herranen, commander of the Finnish Air Force, met with Virginia National Guard leaders April 7, 2025, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The visit was part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which established a partnership between Virginia and Finland in May 2024...

VNG Youth Program kicks off Month of the Military Child
April 9, 2025 — April is Month of the Military Child and the Virginia National Guard Youth Program hosted a MOMC kickoff event March 29, 2025, at the Virginia Air & Space Science Center in Hampton, Virginia...

VNG breaks ground on new Army Aviation Support Facility
April 7, 2025 — The Virginia National Guard ceremonially broke ground on the first in a series of projects to construct a new Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility March 31, 2025, in Sandston, Virginia...

Real ID soon required for VNG installation access
April 7, 2025 — Visitors to military installations including Fort Barfoot and Defense Supply Center Richmond will need to present a Real ID for access beginning May 7, 2025. ...

VNG reconfirms focus on sexual assault awareness, prevention
April 4, 2025 — Brig. Gen. Todd Hubbard, Virginia National Guard Director of the Joint Staff, signed a proclamation designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month April 2, 2025, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia...

VNG History Report: Virginia Air Guard gets mobilized (1951)
April 2, 2025 — Digging into the archival history of the Virginia Air Guard, and using the 1950s version of email to learn about their first mobilization...

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