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Issue #21 of the 2020 Commonwealth’s Guardian bi-weekly newsletter

by VNGMG Office | Oct 23, 2020 | VANG Publication

Va. National Guard commissions 11 new officers The Virginia National Guard welcomed 11 new lieutenants to its ranks with the commissioning of Officer Candidate School Class 62 Oct. 18, 2020, in a ceremony held at Fort Pickett’s 183rd Regiment, Regional Training...

Issue #20 of the 2020 Commonwealth’s Guardian bi-weekly newsletter

by VNGMG Office | Oct 11, 2020 | VNGMG NewsLetter

Rhodes succeeds Epperly as 29th ID commander Maj. Gen. John M. Rhodes took command of the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division from Maj. Maj. Gen. John M. Rhodes took command of the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division from Maj. Gen. John M. Epperly Oct. 3,...

Issue #19 of the 2020 Commonwealth’s Guardian bi-weekly newsletter

by VNGMG Office | Sep 26, 2020 | VANG Publication

203rd RED HORSE departs for federal deployment Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy OperationalRepair Squadron Engineers, 192nd Wing made final preparations and departed for an overseas federal...

Issue #18 of the 2020 Commonwealth’s Guardian bi-weekly newsletter

by VNGMG Office | Sep 12, 2020 | VANG Publication

Va. National Guard resuming COVID-19 response Approximately 85 Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are trained and ready to resume support for Virginia’s COVID-19 response Sept. 8, 2020, and they are available to conduct COVID-19 sample test collection and...

Issue #17 of the 2020 Commonwealth’s Guardian bi-weekly newsletter

by VNGMG Office | Sep 12, 2020 | VANG Publication

Hurricane exercise prepares VNG for rapid response The Virginia National Guard Joint Staff completed a virtual hurricane tabletop exercise Aug. 17, 2020, focused on improving the VNG’s ability to rapidly respond to hazardous weather eventsin a COVID-19 environment....