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Air Guard engineers conduct multi-day field training exercise
Posted on November 14, 2017 | No CommentsVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 100 Airmen from the Virginia Air National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer conducted a multi-day field training exercise Nov. 2-5, 2017, at Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The purpose of the FTX was to practice the squadron’s contingency and wartime capabilities in a […] -
Virginia National Guard hosts ribbon cutting ceremony for new building in Virginia Beach
Posted on November 2, 2017 | No CommentsVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 2, 2017, to officially open a new multi-purpose building at Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia, constructed by the Virginia Air National Guard’s 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer, or RED HORSE. Construction on the new 9,000 square foot metal building […] -
First group of Virginia National Guard Soldiers departs for U.S. Virgin Islands
Posted on September 25, 2017 | No CommentsBLACKSTONE, Va. — The first group of Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team departed for the U.S Virgin Islands Sept. 24, 2017, from Blackstone Army Airfield in Blackstone, Virginia, to join a multi-state, multi-agency response effort to recent hurricanes. The Soldiers will serve as a mission command headquarters and synchronize all National Guard […] -
Virginia Guard Soldiers, Airmen shoot at regional match
Posted on September 6, 2017 | No CommentsSANDSTON, Va. — A group of 14 Soldiers and Airmen participated in a regional marksmanship match Aug. 25-27, 2017, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. The match included shooters from two regions – Marksmanship Advisory Council Region I and II – and included approximately 120 shooters. “These matches…provide the opportunity for Soldiers and Airmen to practice and improve their skills beyond the […] -
Va. Guard Soldiers, Airmen awarded for rifle marksmanship excellence
Posted on May 22, 2017 | No CommentsFORT PICKETT, Va. — Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen received awards for their outstanding performance during the Adjutant General’s 2017 Rifle Match May 21, 2017, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Sixty-five participants competed in a variety of individual and team events May 19-20, hosted by the Fort Pickett-based 3rd Battalion, 183rd Regional Training Institute. The state-level competition included events such […] -
Exercise prepares special response force for upcoming evaluation
Posted on January 23, 2017 | No CommentsFORT A. P. HILL, Va. — Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, conducted a collective training exercise Jan. 21, 2017, at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, to prepare for an external evaluation to be held later this year. The force is made up of Soldiers […] -
Virginia Beach-based Va. Guard Airmen return from federal duty in Southwest Asia
Posted on October 26, 2016 | No CommentsVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 120 Virginia Air National Guard engineers reunited with friends and family Oct. 26, 2016, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach after serving on federal active duty in Southwest Asia since March. Leaders from state government and the Virginia National Guard were also on hand to thank the Airmen for the service and welcome them […] -
192nd Mission Support Group recognizes new commander
Posted on November 5, 2015 | No CommentsJOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — U.S. Air Force Col. Toni M. Lord took command of the 192nd Fighter Wing Mission Support Group from Col. Jeffery L. Ryan during a change of command ceremony that Col. Robert J. Grey, commander of the 192nd Fighter Wing, officiated Oct. 18, 2015, at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va. “[Lord] has done outstanding […] -
Va. Guard personnel staged and ready for possible flood response operations
Posted on October 2, 2015 | No CommentsSANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia National Guard has more than 550 Soldiers and Airmen staged and ready at facilities in the areas of Hampton Roads, Central Virginia, Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia as of Friday evening, Oct. 2, 2015. Staging personnel and equipment in advance of the severe weather helps make sure the Guard can rapidly respond when needed, explained […] -
DMA state employees recognized at Camp Pendleton, Fort Pickett
Posted on May 13, 2015 | No CommentsSANDSTON, Va. — Brig. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, joined other senior leaders in recognizing and thanking Virginia Department of Military Affairs state employees during luncheons and awards ceremonies May 6, 2015, at Camp Pendleton and May 8, 2015, at Fort Pickett. The events took place during Virginia Public Service Week, when state employees are recognized […] -
Va. Army, Air Guard families help clean state park in Williamsburg
Posted on May 8, 2015 | No CommentsJOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Virginia military members from the 192nd Fighter Wing, 203rd Red Horse Squadron, and the Virginia Army National Guard, and their families volunteered April 18, 2015, to help clean and improve York River State Park in Williamsburg, Va. The families served in honor of the Month of the Military Child and Earth Day as they assisted […] -
Camp Pendleton hosts busy training weekend
Posted on January 13, 2015 | No CommentsCAMP PENDLETON, Va. — More than 600 Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and members of the Virginia Defense Force as well as U. S. Army Reserve Soldiers conducted a variety of hands on and virtual training and administrative activities Jan. 10 -11, 2015, at the Virginia National Guard’s Camp Pendleton Collective Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va. Training and […] -
203rd RHS refine skills at FTX while training for wartime mission
Posted on November 23, 2014 | No CommentsCAMP PENDLETON, Va. – Airmen from the Virginia Air National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based 203rd RED HORSE Squadron refined essential skills and expeditionary training during a field training exercise Nov. 7-9, 2014, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach. Approximately 120 Airmen from the 203rd RHS participated in the multi-day FTX, which emphasized simulated wartime tasks including bare-base establishment and operations, rapid […] -
116th BSTB Shadow UAS detachment conducts first flight in Virginia
Posted on October 6, 2014 | No CommentsFORT A. P. HILL, Va. — Soldiers assigned to the Bowling Green-based Detachment 1, Company B, 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted their first flight of the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial system in Virginia Oct. 4, 2014, at Fort A. P. Hill, Va. Virginia Guard Airmen from the Camp Pendleton-based 203rd RED HORSE Squadron reconstructed […]