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Fort Indiantown Gap the busiest Guard training center again
October 28, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – For the second year in a row and fifth time in the past seven years, Fort Indiantown Gap was the busiest National Guard training center in the country.During the 2021 fiscal...

Virginia National Guard officer assumes post in Colombia
September 27, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia National Guard officer has taken up a unique post in South America after graduating from the Spanish-immersive Command and General Staff College course at the Western...

91st Cyber Brigade Soldiers earn Ranger tab
September 10, 2021 — BOWLING GREEN, Va. – Two Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 91st Cyber Brigade recently proved cyber Soldiers' worth beyond the keyboard by completing the U.S. Army Ranger School and...

Wisconsin Guard cyber team serving 1st federal deployment
September 7, 2021 — MADISON, Wis. – Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard's Detachment 1, 176th Cyber Protection Team, have made tremendous strides during the unit's first federal deployment, to Fort Meade,...

Virginia Guard helps with flood response in Buchanan County
September 1, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers are assisting state and local emergency officials responding to flooding in Buchanan County, with additional Soldiers prepared to help from Winchester...

91st Cyber Brigade participates in Cyber Shield 21
August 13, 2021 — FAIRFAX, Va. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 91st Cyber Brigade participated in Cyber Shield 21, the Department of Defense's largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, July...

Virginia National Guard ends COVID response mission
August 3, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard ended its COVID-19 response July 31 after more than 460 days of assisting with vaccinations, testing and administrative, logistics and planning support...

Virginia Guard Soldiers train on military funeral honors
August 2, 2021 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia – Nine Virginia National Guard Soldiers completed Level 1 Funeral Honors training June 20-27 to conduct professional military funeral honors in accordance with service...

Updated electronic warfare course resumes at Camp Buehring
July 26, 2021 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were a deadly threat during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, causing most casualties in both conflicts. IEDs remain a...

VNG builds partnerships at Regional Cooperation 21
July 19, 2021 — FORT HARRISON, Mont. - Fifteen Virginia National Guard Soldiers participated in Regional Cooperation 2021, a U.S. Central Command exercise to promote cooperation and joint combined capabilities with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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 –...

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...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities