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- Sgt. 1st Class Terra Gatti is the Social Media NCO for the Virginia National Guard Public Affairs team. She can be reached via email at terra.c.gatti.mil@mail.mil.
![VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 70 newly-recruited Soldiers participated in a combined training event as part of the Virginia National Guard’s Recruit Sustainment Program July 20, 2019, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The recruits meet one weekend a month to focus on administrative tasks and participate in training events that help prepare them for Basic […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/08/190720-Z-YS381-007-115x115.jpg "Recruit Sustainment Program produces greater success rate for newer recruits")
![FORT LEE, Va. — Pvt. Andrew Lee Ross followed in his father’s footsteps and enlisted into the Virginia Army National Guard July 2, 2019, at the Military Entrance Processing Station at Fort Lee, Virginia. He follows a long line of family members into the military, and his oath of enlistment was administered by his uncle, Lt. Col. Steven Gutierrez, in […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/07/48298583857_e038186c3c_z-115x115.jpg "Son follows father into Virginia Army National Guard")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — For the first time, the Virginia National Guard’s annual Adjutant General’s Marksmanship Match was a combined arms event, held June 21-23, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. More than 50 Soldiers and Airmen competed in the event, which tested their skills on both rifle and pistol, and was hosted by the Marksmanship Training Unit, part of 3rd […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/07/48120218926_3cf07e4d92_z-1-115x115.jpg "VNG hosts combined arms marksmanship match")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — The Virginia National Guard hosted their inaugural Women’s Summit June 19, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Women from across the force attended the event, which this year focused on balancing the demands of women’s personal and professional lives. “Women are far more likely to leave the military after their initial service obligation,” explained 1st Lt. Lindsey […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/06/48099365471_22f466bf36_z-115x115.jpg "Va. National Guard hosts inaugural Women’s Summit")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — For the first time in the history of the Virginia National Guard’s 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, women were among the graduates of the 11B Infantry Transition Course. Five female Soldiers were among 34 U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve Soldiers who earned their blue cord May 18, 2019, after two grueling weeks of training at […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/05/inf-1-115x115.jpg "183rd RTI graduates 1st female infantry Soldiers")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Warrant Officer Candidate School welcomed a new commander and recognized the latest graduates of the program in back-to-back ceremonies held May 4, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. In the first ceremony, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua Martin took command of the Virginia National Guard’s WOCS from Chief Warrant Officer 4 Wayne Sexton. […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/05/web-190504-Z-SM601-9577-115x115.jpg "WOCS welcomes new commander, recognizes new warrants")
![RICHMOND, Va. — Just a few short weeks after completing his long-time goal of running the Boston Marathon, Master Sgt. Ramon Abreu-Perez will lace up his running shoes on Sunday to run the National Guard Marathon in Lincoln, Nebraska. He ran his first marathon back in 2004 and has been racing ever since. “When I first started running marathons I […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/05/57484784_10157317428226018_1053764943263825920_o-1-115x115.jpg "NCO takes Boston Marathon experience to VNG running team")
![RICHMOND, Va. — Fifty-three two-man teams started the Best Ranger Competition early on the morning of April 12, 2019, at Fort Benning, Georgia. Among the rangers to run across the start line were six National Guard Soldiers, three from Virginia, two from Massachusetts and one from Kentucky. The Virginia and Kentucky Soldiers are all assigned to Virginia’s 116th Infantry Brigade […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/05/57076966_171411377097227_7895486097323458560_n-115x115.jpg "VNG rangers test their limits at Best Ranger Competition")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — More than 20 leaders from the Virginia Army National Guard accepted the challenge offered by Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Smith, the Virginia Army National Guard’s state command sergeant major, to take the new Army Combat Fitness Test April 6, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The ACFT will become the U.S. Army’s official physical fitness test of […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/04/WEB-190406-Z-SM601-8295-115x115.jpg "VNG leaders tackle ACFT challenge")
![VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve’s 18th Field Hospital conducted their annual weapons qualification March 24, 2019, at the newly-renovated range at the State Military Reservation near Virginia Beach, Virginia. After training at other installations in the Hampton Roads area, the Fort Story-based 18th Field Hospital found SMR a perfect fit for their training needs. […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/04/190323-YS381-038-115x115.jpg "18th Field Hospital trains on renovated range at SMR")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — Last summer, on one of the final days of annual training for the 1710th Transportation Company, Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Johnson collapsed on the drill floor of the readiness center in Emporia, Virginia. Three Soldiers – Sgt. 1st Class Michelle Homer, Sgt. Christina So and Sgt. Gella Johnson – administered CPR for approximately six minutes before […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/03/190310-Z-SM601-WEB-2-115x115.jpg "1710th TC Soldiers recognized for life-saving actions last summer")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Simultaneous Membership Program allows ROTC cadets participating in their university’s ROTC program to also serve in the Virginia National Guard. During the past several months, those cadets enrolled in the SMP have been training with cadre assigned to the 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The training is part […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/02/190126-Z-SM601-5778-115x115.jpg "SMP cadets hone leadership, Soldier skills with help from 183rd RTI")
![RICHMOND, Va. — Just a few days before graduating from his initial training to become an infantryman, Virginia National Guard Soldier Pfc. Gavin Asbury was offered the chance to go to Ranger School. He’d tried to show initiative during his training, had scored high on his physical fitness assessments and exceeded the standard during his training at Fort Benning. His […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/02/46109108685_ef298ccea5_z-115x115.jpg "Virginia’s Newest Ranger recognized at Washington Capitals Game")
![RICHMOND, Va. — This Valentine’s Day, Capt. Rachel Billmyer is deployed overseas with the 529th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion. Her fiancé, Capt. Joshua Morgan, is here in Virginia, working full-time as a program manager for the Virginia Department of Military Affairs while commanding the Virginia National Guard’s 237th Engineer Company. Both Billmyer and Morgan are familiar with the deployment process. […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/02/IMG-20190212-WA0000-115x115.jpg "Family bonds help military couple separated by deployment")
![FORT BENNING, Ga. — On Feb. 1, 2019, 1st Lt. Candice Bowen graduated from the U.S. Army’s Infantry Basic Officer Course and became the Virginia National Guard’s first female infantry officer. She joins a small group of other women who have successfully completed training at Fort Benning to become infantry Soldiers and officers since the career field was opened to […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/02/WEB-190201-Z-SM601-6035-115x115.jpg "Virginia welcomes first female infantry officer")
![RICHMOND, Va. — Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, recognized the Virginia Army National Guard’s top recruiters Jan. 23, 2019, at the Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. He also commended the Recruiting and Retention Battalion for their success at the recent National Guard Strength Maintenance Advisory Group – Region II competitions. […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2019/01/AG_Recruiters_23jan19_0183-115x115.jpg "Virginia recruiters recognized for excellence")
![FORT PICKETT, Va. — The new Army Combat Fitness Test has made its way to the Virginia National Guard. Approximately 25 Virginia Soldiers came together for a multi-day training event conducted by a mobile training team from the U.S. Army Physical Fitness School and held Nov. 6-8, 2018, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. While the training included Soldiers from across the […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2018/11/web181108-Z-SM601-3844-115x115.jpg "Virginia Soldiers train and test on new Army Combat Fitness Test")
![SWEET BRIAR, Va. — Lt. Col. Jennifer Martin represented the Virginia National Guard at a Federal Career Expo, hosted by Sweet Briar College Nov. 1, 2018. The event aimed to provide students from Sweet Briar and other colleges and universities in the area with information on career opportunities in the federal government. Martin spoke on a panel alongside representatives from […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2018/11/schedule-115x111.jpg "VNG participates in Sweet Briar Federal Career Expo")
![RICHMOND, Va. — Around 35,000 runners crossed the start line of the 34th Army Ten Miler Oct. 7, 2018, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The race is the third largest 10 miler in the world. Several Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen ran the race, both as teams and as individuals, and one team, Team Jamestown, placed 3rd in […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2018/10/43395140_10103281435404277_2877012099815440384_o-115x115.jpg "Virginia Soldiers, Airmen race in 34th Army Ten Miler")
![RICHMOND, Va. — Sgt. Timothy Mahanes grew up around heavy equipment so, when he decided to join the Virginia National Guard, enlisting as a 12N, a horizontal construction engineer, was a natural fit. “I love construction, I love heavy equipment, I love seeing a finished product when the project is done,” Mahanes said. He’s currently assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th […]](https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/2018/10/30286428018_65d86b5e66_z-115x115.jpg "Soldier Spotlight: Meet Sgt. Timothy Mahanes")
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