by VNG Staff Writer | Aug 29, 2021 | VANG Publication
VNG brigade HQs, aviation battalion will deploy to Kosovo The Virginia National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Headquarters will mobilize for federal active duty in early January 2022 to take responsibility for the NATO-led Kosovo Force Regional...
by VNG Staff Writer | Aug 13, 2021 | VANG Publication
Virginia National Guard ends COVID-19 response mission The Virginia National Guard’s support to Virginia’s COVID-19 response ended July 31, 2021, after more than 460 days of assisting with vaccinations, testing and administrative, logistics and planning support at...
by VNG Staff Writer | Jul 30, 2021 | VANG Publication
29th ID assumes authority of Task Force Spartan Maj. Gen. John Rhodes, 29th Infantry Division commanding general, assumed command of Task Force Spartan from Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, 36th Infantry Division commanding general, July 31, 2021, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait....
by VNG Staff Writer | Jul 16, 2021 | VANG Publication
180th Engineers head to Louisiana for JRTC rotation More than 50 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group are supporting the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry...
by VNG Staff Writer | Jul 2, 2021 | VANG Publication
VNG wraps CVC support, continues mobile vaccinations Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen continue to provide support to the Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Emergency Management as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. VNG mobile...
by VNGMG Admin | Jun 25, 2021 | VANG Publication
Ceremony remembers 77th anniversary of D-Day The valor, fidelity and sacrifice of D-Day participants were remembered June 6, 2021, at the observance of the 77th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Retired...