VNG supports inauguration of the 74th Governor of Va.

More than 200 Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force personnel were on duty Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia, supporting the inauguration of Glenn Youngkin as the 74th Governor of Virginia. VNG Soldiers, Airmen and members of the VDF conducted a variety of missions including marshaling the inaugural parade elements, playing ceremonial music, firing a 19-gun artillery salute with blank ammunition and conducting a flyover with F-22 fighter jets. A formation of Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen also lead the inaugural parade, and the Adjutant General of Virginia presented a casing from the artillery salute to the new governor.

“It is an honor for the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force to support the Governor’s Inauguration and recognize our new commander in chief,” said Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia. “As we take part in the ceremony, we remember that more than 2,000 of our personnel are currently mobilized on federal active duty conducting missions overseas and training in the United States to deploy in the coming weeks.”

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Brig. Gen. K. Weedon Gallagher and Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Smith lead the marching formation of the parade at the inauguration of the 74th Governor of Virginia Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia.