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Virginia Guard Soldiers train on military funeral honorsAugust 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... MORE 

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Updated electronic warfare course resumes at Camp BuehringJuly 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... MORE 

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VNG builds partnerships at Regional Cooperation 21July 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... MORE 

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Virginia 180th Engineers head to Louisiana for JRTC rotationJuly 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 

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Virginia Guard aviation crews train on rooftop rescue hoistsJuly 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 

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116th IBCT Soldiers train on new recoilless rifle systemJune 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 

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Iowa, Virginia, W.Va. aviation Soldiers train in PennsylvaniaJune 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 

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Virginia National Guard tests hurricane response toolsJune 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 

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VNG adapts to changing COVID-19 support missionsMay 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 

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Virginia Guard supports community vaccination clinicApril 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 

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Virginia National Guard provides mobile vaccination teamsMarch 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 

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‘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 

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VNG Soldiers, Airmen engaged in COVID-19 vaccinationsMarch 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 

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Army National Guard transitions cyber task force missionFebruary 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 

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Virginia Guard officer talks about vaccine, diversityFebruary 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 

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Morale efforts sustain Guard members during DC missionFebruary 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 

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1,000 Virginia National Guard members remain on duty in DCJanuary 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 

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Guard continues legacy with record inauguration supportJanuary 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 

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Virginia National Guard supporting security in WashingtonJanuary 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 

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DOD details National Guard response to Capitol attackJanuary 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 

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