Virginia National Guard celebrates 415th birthday

The Virginia National Guard celebrated its 415th birthday with a ceremonial cake cutting May 13, 2022, at the Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Cpl. (Va.) Doug Rumburg, Master Sgt. William Gorman and Sgt. Briana Alfaro, representing the Virginia Defense Force, Virginia Air National Guard and Virginia Army National Guard, cut the cake flanked by Deputy Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Jason Pak and Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia.

Prior to the cake cutting, Pak presented Williams with the Governor’s 415th Birthday of the Virginia National Guard Proclamation. The proclamation recognized the VNG’s history as well its unprecedented employment over the last two years.

The VNG traces the heritage and traditions of citizen service to the 1607 founding of America’s first permanent English colony at Jamestown when Capt. John Smith organized the colonists for defense. There has not been a day since May 14, 1607, without a military presence in Virginia to defend freedom at home and overseas.

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The Virginia National Guard celebrated its 415th birthday May 13, 2022, with a ceremonial cake cutting at the Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.