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  • To: The Virginia National Guard, Civilian Employees, Families and Friends, Memorial Day is a time for us to pause, reflect and reconnect with our country’s history and our national values by honoring those who fought and died for the very principles we all hold so dear. The Continental Army, Navy and Marines were established by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the new nation against the British Empire in the Revolutionary War. Since that time, the United States Armed Forces have protected our national interests, at home and abroad during times of peace and war. On May 30, 1868, the first official Memorial Day observance was held at Arlington National Cemetery to honor more than 20,000 soldiers of...

    2013 Memorial Day Message from Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr.

    Posted on May 23, 2013 | No Comments
    To: The Virginia National Guard, Civilian Employees, Families and Friends, Memorial Day is a time for us to pause, reflect and reconnect with our country’s history and our national values by honoring those who fought and died for the very principles we all hold so dear. The Continental Army, Navy and Marines were established by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the new nation against the British Empire in the Revolutionary War. Since that time, the United States Armed Forces have protected our national interests, at home and abroad during times of peace and war. On May 30, 1868, the first official Memorial Day observance was held at Arlington National Cemetery to honor more than 20,000 soldiers of...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, will lay a memorial wreath in honor of fallen Virginia Guard personnel at the Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony May 27, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Virginia War Memorial. The Virginia National Guard’s Clifton Forge-based 29th Division Band will provide ceremonial music and Col. Thomas Morgan, Virginia National Guard director of manpower and personnel, will be among the guest speakers at the annual Memorial Day Tribute Ceremony at the Virginia Veterans Cemetery at 10 a.m. in Amelia. The Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony is co-hosted by 11th District, American Legion. Virginia residents will officially commemorate this national holiday to honor and remember our valiant men and women...

    Memorial Day events planned

    Posted on May 23, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, will lay a memorial wreath in honor of fallen Virginia Guard personnel at the Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony May 27, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Virginia War Memorial. The Virginia National Guard’s Clifton Forge-based 29th Division Band will provide ceremonial music and Col. Thomas Morgan, Virginia National Guard director of manpower and personnel, will be among the guest speakers at the annual Memorial Day Tribute Ceremony at the Virginia Veterans Cemetery at 10 a.m. in Amelia. The Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony is co-hosted by 11th District, American Legion. Virginia residents will officially commemorate this national holiday to honor and remember our valiant men and women...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Gate-City based 1032nd Transportation Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group has won the Department of the Army Philip A. Connelly Award For Excellence In Army Food Service in the Army National Guard Field Kitchen Category, according to an announcement made May 13, 2013, by the Department of the Army. The award is another recent national recognition of the Virginia National Guard. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, announced April 20, 2013, that two Virginia National Guard battalions have been recognized as the best in the nation by the National Guard Association and the Association of the United States Army, and a Virginia Guard military police company...

    Gate City-based 1032nd Trans. Co. wins national food service award

    Posted on May 21, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Gate-City based 1032nd Transportation Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group has won the Department of the Army Philip A. Connelly Award For Excellence In Army Food Service in the Army National Guard Field Kitchen Category, according to an announcement made May 13, 2013, by the Department of the Army. The award is another recent national recognition of the Virginia National Guard. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, announced April 20, 2013, that two Virginia National Guard battalions have been recognized as the best in the nation by the National Guard Association and the Association of the United States Army, and a Virginia Guard military police company...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis A. Green, the Virginia Guard senior enlisted leader, and other senior leaders honored and recognized Virginia Department of Military Affairs state employees during luncheons May 8 at Camp Pendleton and May 10 at Fort Pickett. The luncheons were held during Virginia Public Service Week, a special week when employees are recognized around the state for their dedication and hard work, according to Michelle Claiborne, human resource manager for DMA. “Here at DMA, we hosted a luncheon at Camp Pendleton and Fort Pickett where senior leaders could show their appreciation of the state employees,” she said. In addition to lunch, DMA recognized individuals...

    Va. Guard honors state employees at recognition luncheons

    Posted on May 15, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis A. Green, the Virginia Guard senior enlisted leader, and other senior leaders honored and recognized Virginia Department of Military Affairs state employees during luncheons May 8 at Camp Pendleton and May 10 at Fort Pickett. The luncheons were held during Virginia Public Service Week, a special week when employees are recognized around the state for their dedication and hard work, according to Michelle Claiborne, human resource manager for DMA. “Here at DMA, we hosted a luncheon at Camp Pendleton and Fort Pickett where senior leaders could show their appreciation of the state employees,” she said. In addition to lunch, DMA recognized individuals...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — Senior leaders, Soldiers, Airmen and civilians employees gathered to celebrate the 406th birthday of the Virginia National Guard with a cake cutting May 14, 2013, at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sandston. The Virginia National Guard traces the heritage and traditions of selfless service to the founding of the Jamestown Settlement May 14, 1607, where Capt. John Smith organized a militia to defend the colony. There has not been a day since without a military presence in Virginia to defend freedom at home and overseas. Prior to 1652, formal military organizations were formed as needed and disbanded after the threat passed, and then the House of Burgesses passed a bill that each county would organize militia companies...

    Virginia National Guard celebrates 406th birthday

    Posted on May 14, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — Senior leaders, Soldiers, Airmen and civilians employees gathered to celebrate the 406th birthday of the Virginia National Guard with a cake cutting May 14, 2013, at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sandston. The Virginia National Guard traces the heritage and traditions of selfless service to the founding of the Jamestown Settlement May 14, 1607, where Capt. John Smith organized a militia to defend the colony. There has not been a day since without a military presence in Virginia to defend freedom at home and overseas. Prior to 1652, formal military organizations were formed as needed and disbanded after the threat passed, and then the House of Burgesses passed a bill that each county would organize militia companies...

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  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia National Guard special response force capable of providing support to first responders and civil authorities was recommended for validation following an external evaluation April 27 at the Virginia Beach Fire & EMS Training Center. The Virginia National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Response Force Package, known as the CERFP (pronounced “surf-p”), was rated as “fully trained” on 15 of the 16 major tasks they had to accomplish. The CERFP can conduct tasks associated with incident management, urban search and rescue, mass causality decontamination, technical decontamination, medical triage and treatment and fatality search and recovery. The force is made up of Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Petersburg, West Point, Rocky...

    Va. Guard CERFP validated for duty following external evaluation in Virginia Beach

    Posted on May 5, 2013 | No Comments
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia National Guard special response force capable of providing support to first responders and civil authorities was recommended for validation following an external evaluation April 27 at the Virginia Beach Fire & EMS Training Center. The Virginia National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Response Force Package, known as the CERFP (pronounced “surf-p”), was rated as “fully trained” on 15 of the 16 major tasks they had to accomplish. The CERFP can conduct tasks associated with incident management, urban search and rescue, mass causality decontamination, technical decontamination, medical triage and treatment and fatality search and recovery. The force is made up of Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Petersburg, West Point, Rocky...

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  • WASHINGTON – During an official ceremony at Fort McNair April 25, the National War College dedicated one of its classrooms to an alumnus and former Virginia National Guardsman killed in Iraq in 2007. Col. Paul M. Kelly, a 2004 graduate of the National War College, died in a helicopter crash in Baghdad on Jan. 20, 2007. Commissioned in 1982 through the University of Dayton (Ohio) Army ROTC, he served as an engineer officer in the Ohio National Guard and later as an aviation officer in the South Carolina National Guard and National Guard Bureau before taking command of the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, Virginia National Guard, an assignment that included a tour in Bosnia-Herzegovina as the Aviation Task...

    National War College dedicates classroom to Virginia Guardsman

    Posted on April 29, 2013 | No Comments
    WASHINGTON – During an official ceremony at Fort McNair April 25, the National War College dedicated one of its classrooms to an alumnus and former Virginia National Guardsman killed in Iraq in 2007. Col. Paul M. Kelly, a 2004 graduate of the National War College, died in a helicopter crash in Baghdad on Jan. 20, 2007. Commissioned in 1982 through the University of Dayton (Ohio) Army ROTC, he served as an engineer officer in the Ohio National Guard and later as an aviation officer in the South Carolina National Guard and National Guard Bureau before taking command of the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, Virginia National Guard, an assignment that included a tour in Bosnia-Herzegovina as the Aviation Task...

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  • CAMP PENDLETON, Va. — More than 30 members of the Virginia National Guard community gathered for Earth Day activities April 23, 2013, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach. The two teams of volunteers from the Virginia Guard Environmental Office, Community Based Warrior Transition Unit, Virginia Guard Commonwealth ChalleNGe, Virginia Tech Conservation Management Institute, 203rd RED HORSE Squadron and Camp Pendleton headquarters filled 75 bags of trash and installed more than 700 linear feet of fence to protect the sand dunes in one day. “This was the inaugural Earth Day event at Camp Pendleton,” said Maj. Jaycee Shaver, an environmental officer with the Virginia Army National Guard. “It was a great success and next year we hope to expand and get more...

    Earth Day brings Va. Guard volunteers out to clean up, protect Camp Pendleton environment

    Posted on April 27, 2013 | No Comments
    CAMP PENDLETON, Va. — More than 30 members of the Virginia National Guard community gathered for Earth Day activities April 23, 2013, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach. The two teams of volunteers from the Virginia Guard Environmental Office, Community Based Warrior Transition Unit, Virginia Guard Commonwealth ChalleNGe, Virginia Tech Conservation Management Institute, 203rd RED HORSE Squadron and Camp Pendleton headquarters filled 75 bags of trash and installed more than 700 linear feet of fence to protect the sand dunes in one day. “This was the inaugural Earth Day event at Camp Pendleton,” said Maj. Jaycee Shaver, an environmental officer with the Virginia Army National Guard. “It was a great success and next year we hope to expand and get more...

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  • RICHMOND, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, recognized the Headquarters Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, as the top company-level unit in the Virginia Army National Guard during the Virginia National Guard Officer’s Association Conference held April 20, 2013, in Richmond. He also presented the Virginia Excellence in Training Award, National Guard Bureau Superior Unit Award and Pershing Trophy to recognize other top-performing company level units. Long also announced that two Virginia National Guard battalions have been recognized as the best in the nation by the National Guard Association and the Association of the United States Army. The Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team...

    Virginia National Guard recognizes top units

    Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments
    RICHMOND, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, recognized the Headquarters Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, as the top company-level unit in the Virginia Army National Guard during the Virginia National Guard Officer’s Association Conference held April 20, 2013, in Richmond. He also presented the Virginia Excellence in Training Award, National Guard Bureau Superior Unit Award and Pershing Trophy to recognize other top-performing company level units. Long also announced that two Virginia National Guard battalions have been recognized as the best in the nation by the National Guard Association and the Association of the United States Army. The Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — Brig. Gen. William R. Phillips, II, has been selected to succeed Brig. Gen. William J. O’Neil as deputy commanding general of the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division, and Col. Blake C. Ortner has been named to succeed Phillips as the Virginia National Guard land component commander, according to an announcement made April 24, 2013, by Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia. O’Neil will retire effective July 1, 2013, after 27 years of service. “Brig. Gen. Phillips will bring a wealth of experience to his new assignment as the deputy commanding general of the 29th Infantry Division,” Long said. “His recent superb performance as the Virginia Army National Guard’s land component commander is...

    Phillips named 29th ID deputy commander, Ortner new Va. Army Guard commander

    Posted on April 24, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — Brig. Gen. William R. Phillips, II, has been selected to succeed Brig. Gen. William J. O’Neil as deputy commanding general of the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division, and Col. Blake C. Ortner has been named to succeed Phillips as the Virginia National Guard land component commander, according to an announcement made April 24, 2013, by Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia. O’Neil will retire effective July 1, 2013, after 27 years of service. “Brig. Gen. Phillips will bring a wealth of experience to his new assignment as the deputy commanding general of the 29th Infantry Division,” Long said. “His recent superb performance as the Virginia Army National Guard’s land component commander is...

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  • RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla Graff Decker, Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Bryan Rhode and Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, the Adjutant General of Virginia, were among those who recognized and honored Virginia National Guard volunteers at the 2013 Virginia National Guard State Volunteer Recognition Workshop & Youth Symposium April 20, 2013, in Richmond. This year’s Volunteer Recognition Conference was the largest since its inception in August 2008, according to Vickie Sais, the Virginia National Guard Family Programs director. More than 100 people attended this year’s event where 72 adult and youth volunteers received awards in recognition of their support of family programs over the past year, including family readiness groups, youth camps, and various other...

    Va. Guard honors volunteers at 2013 Volunteer Recognition Workshop

    Posted on April 23, 2013 | No Comments
    RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla Graff Decker, Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Bryan Rhode and Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, the Adjutant General of Virginia, were among those who recognized and honored Virginia National Guard volunteers at the 2013 Virginia National Guard State Volunteer Recognition Workshop & Youth Symposium April 20, 2013, in Richmond. This year’s Volunteer Recognition Conference was the largest since its inception in August 2008, according to Vickie Sais, the Virginia National Guard Family Programs director. More than 100 people attended this year’s event where 72 adult and youth volunteers received awards in recognition of their support of family programs over the past year, including family readiness groups, youth camps, and various other...

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  • RICHMOND, Va. — The evaluation of Fort Pickett and Pickett Park in Nottoway County as a potential site for the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Security Training Center has been put on hold. Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla Graff Decker, Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Col. Bill Korsen, the Fort Pickett garrison commander, met April 15, 2013, with representatives from General Services Administration and Department of State to discuss the future of the evaluation of Fort Pickett and Nottoway County as a possible location for the FASTC. The representatives explained that due to the current “challenging fiscal environment,” all work to evaluate Fort Pickett and Pickett Park as the site for FASTC...

    Evaluation for security training center at Fort Pickett and Pickett Park put on hold

    Posted on April 16, 2013 | No Comments
    RICHMOND, Va. — The evaluation of Fort Pickett and Pickett Park in Nottoway County as a potential site for the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Security Training Center has been put on hold. Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla Graff Decker, Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Col. Bill Korsen, the Fort Pickett garrison commander, met April 15, 2013, with representatives from General Services Administration and Department of State to discuss the future of the evaluation of Fort Pickett and Nottoway County as a possible location for the FASTC. The representatives explained that due to the current “challenging fiscal environment,” all work to evaluate Fort Pickett and Pickett Park as the site for FASTC...

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  • RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Clifton Forge-based 29th Division Band played at the 200th Birthday Party for the Virginia Executive Mansion March 16, 2013, in Richmond. The band’s rock ensemble “Raising Caine” also performed, and several family members of Soldiers in the band added their musical talents to the concert. According to the Executive Mansion web site, it is the oldest continually occupied governor’s residence in the United States, built for that purpose in 1813. The Mansion serves as a residence for Virginia Governors and their families, a place for public and private events and is also open at certain times for visitors. The current residents of the Executive Mansion are Governor Robert F. McDonnell, the Mansion’s 54th...

    29th Division Band plays for Va. Executive Mansion birthday

    Posted on March 19, 2013 | No Comments
    RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Clifton Forge-based 29th Division Band played at the 200th Birthday Party for the Virginia Executive Mansion March 16, 2013, in Richmond. The band’s rock ensemble “Raising Caine” also performed, and several family members of Soldiers in the band added their musical talents to the concert. According to the Executive Mansion web site, it is the oldest continually occupied governor’s residence in the United States, built for that purpose in 1813. The Mansion serves as a residence for Virginia Governors and their families, a place for public and private events and is also open at certain times for visitors. The current residents of the Executive Mansion are Governor Robert F. McDonnell, the Mansion’s 54th...

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  • AMELIA, Va. – Seven Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors Program assisted March 5, 2013, with the funeral and internment of four Virginia veterans at the Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia, Va. The Funeral Honors Team included both a four-man firing team and three Soldiers who folded a U.S. flag in honor of the deceased veterans. The internment was made possible in part by the Missing in Virginia Project, a program that aims to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of Virginia’s veterans. “These remains are not from deaths related to war,” said Lt. Cmdr. John Klag, who guest speaker for the event and commander of Nottoway County High School’s Navy JROTC program, during his...

    Military Funeral Honors Team honors veterans in Amelia ceremony

    Posted on March 9, 2013 | No Comments
    AMELIA, Va. – Seven Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors Program assisted March 5, 2013, with the funeral and internment of four Virginia veterans at the Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia, Va. The Funeral Honors Team included both a four-man firing team and three Soldiers who folded a U.S. flag in honor of the deceased veterans. The internment was made possible in part by the Missing in Virginia Project, a program that aims to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of Virginia’s veterans. “These remains are not from deaths related to war,” said Lt. Cmdr. John Klag, who guest speaker for the event and commander of Nottoway County High School’s Navy JROTC program, during his...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — More than 160 Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team mobilized on state active duty March 6, 2013, in the Central Virginia, Northern Virginia and Shenandoah Valley areas of Virginia in direct support to the Virginia State Police and other state and local emergency response agencies. Before they were released March 7, Virginia Guard personnel assisted with debris reduction, rescuing motorists stranded in heavy snow, clearing a disabled vehicle and conducting incident awareness assessment patrols. “On short notice, the Virginia National Guard responded quickly when called upon by the state,” said Col. James Ring, Virginia National Guard director of joint operations. “The Virginia National Guard accomplished all missions assigned and had forces on...

    Va. Guard supports snow response operations in Central Virginia, Northern Virginia and Shenandoah Valley

    Posted on March 7, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — More than 160 Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team mobilized on state active duty March 6, 2013, in the Central Virginia, Northern Virginia and Shenandoah Valley areas of Virginia in direct support to the Virginia State Police and other state and local emergency response agencies. Before they were released March 7, Virginia Guard personnel assisted with debris reduction, rescuing motorists stranded in heavy snow, clearing a disabled vehicle and conducting incident awareness assessment patrols. “On short notice, the Virginia National Guard responded quickly when called upon by the state,” said Col. James Ring, Virginia National Guard director of joint operations. “The Virginia National Guard accomplished all missions assigned and had forces on...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia National Guard Family Programs Office will support Military Saves Week with information stations Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Building 316 at Fort Pickett and Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Mullins Armory in Sandston. The stations are open to all military personnel and their family members, and visitors can receive a free credit score report once they take the Military Saves Pledge. Military Saves Week 2013 runs from Feb. 25 to March 2, 2013, which coincides with America Saves Week. Military Saves is a part of America Saves, the larger nationwide campaign for all Americans and encourages all servicemembers, their families, and civilian employees...

    Va. Guard Family Programs supports Military Saves Week

    Posted on February 25, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia National Guard Family Programs Office will support Military Saves Week with information stations Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Building 316 at Fort Pickett and Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Mullins Armory in Sandston. The stations are open to all military personnel and their family members, and visitors can receive a free credit score report once they take the Military Saves Pledge. Military Saves Week 2013 runs from Feb. 25 to March 2, 2013, which coincides with America Saves Week. Military Saves is a part of America Saves, the larger nationwide campaign for all Americans and encourages all servicemembers, their families, and civilian employees...

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  • SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — Current and former members of the Virginia National Guard and senior state government officials joined family, friends and the community of South Boston Feb. 21, 2013, in paying final respects to retired Maj. Gen. Carroll Thackston as he was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery will full military honors. Thackston, the Adjutant General of Virginia from July 1994 to September 1998, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, at Lynchburg General Hospital at the age of 79. Former Gov. George Allen presented Thackston’s widow with a Virginia state flag, and Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, presented his widow and three sons with U. S. flags at the burial site. The Virginia...

    Former Adjutant General laid to rest in South Boston

    Posted on February 24, 2013 | No Comments
    SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — Current and former members of the Virginia National Guard and senior state government officials joined family, friends and the community of South Boston Feb. 21, 2013, in paying final respects to retired Maj. Gen. Carroll Thackston as he was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery will full military honors. Thackston, the Adjutant General of Virginia from July 1994 to September 1998, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, at Lynchburg General Hospital at the age of 79. Former Gov. George Allen presented Thackston’s widow with a Virginia state flag, and Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, presented his widow and three sons with U. S. flags at the burial site. The Virginia...

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — Retired Maj. Gen. Carroll Thackston, the Adjutant General of Virginia from July 1994 to September 1998, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, at Lynchburg General Hospital at the age of 79. “The Commonwealth has lost a great Virginian,” said Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia. “He was a highly respected and admired general officer, and he remained a strong supporter of men and women in uniform in his retirement. Personally, he provided a great deal of advice and support to me since I became the adjutant general. We will miss him, and our thoughts, prayers and sympathies go out to his family.” Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement on the Thackston’s passing....

    Retired Maj. Gen. Carroll Thackston, former Adjutant General of Virginia, passes away at age 79

    Posted on February 18, 2013 | 2 Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — Retired Maj. Gen. Carroll Thackston, the Adjutant General of Virginia from July 1994 to September 1998, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, at Lynchburg General Hospital at the age of 79. “The Commonwealth has lost a great Virginian,” said Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia. “He was a highly respected and admired general officer, and he remained a strong supporter of men and women in uniform in his retirement. Personally, he provided a great deal of advice and support to me since I became the adjutant general. We will miss him, and our thoughts, prayers and sympathies go out to his family.” Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement on the Thackston’s passing....

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  • SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program performed at its 10,000th military funeral on Feb. 13. The program, begun in January 2007, provides funeral details not just to National Guard Soldiers but to veterans of all branches of the military across the state. “I am extremely proud of the great work by the members of the Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Team and how well they represent the Virginia National Guard,” said Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia. “I know from talking to them how proud they are a part of honoring the men and women who served before them. I think there is some comfort to the families to know...

    Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program performs at 10,000th funeral

    Posted on February 14, 2013 | No Comments
    SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program performed at its 10,000th military funeral on Feb. 13. The program, begun in January 2007, provides funeral details not just to National Guard Soldiers but to veterans of all branches of the military across the state. “I am extremely proud of the great work by the members of the Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Team and how well they represent the Virginia National Guard,” said Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia. “I know from talking to them how proud they are a part of honoring the men and women who served before them. I think there is some comfort to the families to know...

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  • FORT PICKETT, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, recognized seven state employees for their outstanding service to the Virginia National Guard and the Commonwealth of Virginia in an informal ceremony held Feb. 13, 2013, at Fort Pickett. Long presented the Virginia Bronze Star to employees that had been recommended by their supervisors for their outstanding service. “It is always important that we recognize employees who do great service for the Virginia National Guard,” Long said. “It is an honor and a privilege for me to present these awards. We have so many great state and federal employees as well as family members who support the Guard, it is great to let them know...

    Adjutant General recognizes state employees at Fort Pickett

    Posted on February 14, 2013 | No Comments
    FORT PICKETT, Va. — Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, recognized seven state employees for their outstanding service to the Virginia National Guard and the Commonwealth of Virginia in an informal ceremony held Feb. 13, 2013, at Fort Pickett. Long presented the Virginia Bronze Star to employees that had been recommended by their supervisors for their outstanding service. “It is always important that we recognize employees who do great service for the Virginia National Guard,” Long said. “It is an honor and a privilege for me to present these awards. We have so many great state and federal employees as well as family members who support the Guard, it is great to let them know...

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