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Hurricane exercise prepares VNG for rapid response
August 28, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, help clear a road of fallen trees and keep traffic moving after Tropical Storm Isaias Aug. 4, 2020, in Onancock, Virginia.
Driver training improves readiness for infantry battalion
August 21, 2020
Spc. Jesse Fugate, a mechanic assigned to India Company, 429th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, teaches Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry, about preventive maintenance checks and services on a light utility truck at Harold L. Disney Training Center, Artemus, Ky., July 30, 2020.
Virginia National Guard Soldier marks cyber 1st
August 17, 2020
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, administers the oath of office to newly promoted Maj. Waldon W. Jue July 30, 2020, in Fairfax, Virginia. Jue is the first Army National Guard Soldier to direct commission as a cyber operations officer.
Virginia National Guard mobilizes for Tropical Storm Isaias
August 3, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepare a convoy to travel to the Eastern Shore to respond to Tropical Storm Isaias Aug. 3, 2020, in Norfolk, Virginia. The Virginia National Guard is staging Soldiers and vehicles for state emergency support duty in the Eastern Shore area and in key locations along the I-95 corridor. The Soldiers are ready to assist local and state emergency agencies with Humvees and light/medium tactical trucks for high water transportation and chain saws for removing debris.
Task Force helps Virginia respond to COVID-19 pandemic
July 20, 2020
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s Region 7 (Northern Virginia) staff recognizes Virginia National Guard Soldiers who helped process personal protective equipment requests at their Regional Logistics Warehouse.
Virginia Guard Red Dragons evacuate flood victims in Roanoke
May 26, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers help the Roanoke Police and Fire-EMS Swift Water Rescue Team evacuate more than 110 people from a hotel threatened by rising floodwaters May 21, 2020, in Roanoke, Virginia. Soldiers assigned to the Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, used medium tactical trucks capable of traveling through high water to transport the victims and pets to safety. (Photo courtesy Roanoke Fire-EMS)
Va. Army Guard members set up mobile food distribution site
May 14, 2020
IN Guard's 127th Cyber Protection Battalion ready for duty
May 13, 2020
Maj. Rose Gilroy is the commander of the Indiana National Guard's new 127th Cyber Protection Battalion. The unit of almost 100 Guard members falls under the only cyberbrigade in the Army National Guard, the 91st Cyber Brigade based in Virginia.
Virginia Guard strike teams boost COVID-19 testing capacity
May 11, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site run by the Virginia Department of Health Eastern Shore Health District May 8, 2020, at the Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa, Virginia. VNG sample strike teams are helping increase Virginia’s COVID-19 testing capacity at long-term care facilities and other locations.
Virginia Army Guard members distribute food, positivity
May 8, 2020
Spc. Tyree Carpenter, a combat engineer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s D Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, packages food for distribution as part of his unit’s COVID-19 response effort in Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1, 2020. Carpenter and about 30 other Soldiers with 229th BEB were augmenting civilian personnel at an area food bank.
Virginia National Guard helping fight COVID-19
April 30, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect samples for COVID-19 testing of staff members at a long-term care facility April 28, 2020. VNG support provides additional capacity to localities through the Virginia Department of Health to get more people properly tested, and they are also delivering the samples for evaluation.
Virginia National Guard helps with COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deliver food from the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank to the food pantry at Massaponax Baptist Church April 22, 2020, in Fredericksburg. The VNG has more than 540 personnel actively working or ready to support the Commonwealth of Virginia’s COVID-19 response.
Army helo school tests aircrews high on jagged mountains
September 27, 2019
Students practice on mountainous landing zones during the weeklong training program at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum, Colo., Aug. 27, 2019. HAATS instructs about 350 students per year across the U.S. military as well as from foreign militaries. It is mainly run by Colorado Army National Guard Soldiers.