Guard News - The National Guard

Virginia 180th Engineers head to Louisiana for JRTC rotation
July 16, 2021 — FORT POLK, La. – More than 50 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, are supporting the Arkansas National... MORE

Virginia Guard aviation crews train on rooftop rescue hoists
July 6, 2021 — CHESTERFIELD, Va. – Virginia National Guard aviation crews and Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services Scuba Rescue Team members trained on rescue hoist operations June 8-10. The VNG... MORE

116th IBCT Soldiers train on new recoilless rifle system
June 21, 2021 — FORT PICKETT, Va. – Virginia and Kentucky National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team trained on the M3E1 Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon... MORE

Iowa, Virginia, W.Va. aviation Soldiers train in Pennsylvania
June 21, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Approximately 145 aviation maintenance Soldiers from the Iowa, Virginia and West Virginia National Guard honed their skills repairing helicopters at Muir Army Airfield June... MORE

Virginia National Guard tests hurricane response tools
June 4, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – Aviators from the Virginia National Guard participated in an exercise managed by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to test the state’s hurricane response air operations... MORE

VNG adapts to changing COVID-19 support missions
May 25, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard is continuing COVID-19 response missions across Virginia with task forces supporting vaccine clinics and providing mobile vaccine teams to help administer... MORE

Virginia Guard supports community vaccination clinic
April 23, 2021 — BLACKSTONE, Va. – The Virginia National Guard is supporting a community COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened April 19 by the Virginia Department of Health at the VNG armory in Blackstone.Virginia Army... MORE

Virginia National Guard provides mobile vaccination teams
March 29, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard is reconfiguring the task force conducting COVID-19 testing and mask fit training to create mobile vaccination teams.The new teams will consist of Army and... MORE

‘Buddy Aid’ training takes new approach to sexual assault
March 24, 2021 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Eight Army National Guard victim advocates from five states attended a new training program designed to help respond to sexual assault.The March 1-4 training on “Buddy Aid –... MORE

VNG Soldiers, Airmen engaged in COVID-19 vaccinations
March 1, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. — The mission of about 120 Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s COVID-19 testing task force has evolved to include support to vaccination clinics run by health... MORE

Army National Guard transitions cyber task force mission
February 16, 2021 — FORT MEADE, Md. – The transition of authority between two Army National Guard battalions was quiet and seamless, without the traditional pomp and circumstance associated with significant Army events... MORE

Virginia Guard officer talks about vaccine, diversity
February 10, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – In high school, after high school and in college, Andrew Curtis thought about joining the military. Each time, friends and family dissuaded him. Then, at 30, as a husband and father of... MORE

Morale efforts sustain Guard members during DC mission
February 4, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Behind a serving line inside the District of Columbia National Guard’s armory, empty boxes that once contained warm meals quickly stacked up, forming a small hill of cardboard and ripped... MORE

1,000 Virginia National Guard members remain on duty in DC
January 25, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – Approximately 1,000 Virginia National Guard members are among more than 7,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from dozens of states remaining in Washington following the... MORE

Guard continues legacy with record inauguration support
January 21, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Specialist Ivan Sights conceded he was a little sleep-deprived in the days leading up to the 59th presidential inauguration Wednesday. "We had to be at the Capitol at 2 this morning,"... MORE

Virginia National Guard supporting security in Washington
January 11, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. — More than 2,000 members of the Virginia National Guard are on the ground in Washington to assist law enforcement with security, joining a total National Guard force expected to top... MORE

DOD details National Guard response to Capitol attack
January 8, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Once the reality of the assault on the U.S. Capitol became apparent, National Guard troops responded appropriately and with alacrity, Department of Defense officials said in a phone... MORE

Virginia National Guard begins COVID-19 vaccinations
January 4, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. — Members of the Virginia National Guard began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 31 as part of the national rollout established by the Department of Defense and National Guard... MORE

Virginia National Guard staged for winter storm response
December 16, 2020 — RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard has staged approximately 60 Soldiers and 20 vehicles in the northwest area of the state to help respond to the impact of heavy snow along the I-81 and I-66... MORE

Virginia Guard flight crews pair with scuba rescue team
December 7, 2020 — CHESTERFIELD, Va. – Virginia National Guard flight crews have worked with the Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services Scuba Rescue Team for nearly a decade, developing Virginia’s... MORE

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