VNG public affairs NCO named Military Photographer of the Year
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RICHMOND, Va. - The National Guard Bureau announced Virginia National Guard’s Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements as the Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Military Photographer of the Year during the 2022 National Guard Media Contest award announcements March 27, 2023. Clements, currently assigned as a public affairs noncommissioned officer for Fort Barfoot, spent most of 2022 as the public affairs NCO for the Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as Task Force Red Dragon, mobilized as a security force for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. The task force, made up of Virginia and Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers, departed for Africa in November 2021, and returned to Virginia in late 2022.


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