by VNG Staff Writer | Aug 29, 2021 | VANG Publication
VNG brigade HQs, aviation battalion will deploy to Kosovo The Virginia National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Headquarters will mobilize for federal active duty in early January 2022 to take responsibility for the NATO-led Kosovo Force Regional...
by | Aug 23, 2021 | National News
EANGUS Presents 2021 Heritage Award to USAA and the Minuteman Award to CMSgt (Retired) Richard Smith The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) presented the prestigious Heritage Award to USAA during the EANGUS 50th...
by VNG Staff Writer | Aug 19, 2021 | VANG NEWS, VNGA NEWS
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard Management Group proudly announced today that Capt. (Ret.) William G. Haneke will serve as the Virginia National Guard’s and Department of Military Affairs’ 4th Annual Military Ball Keynote Speaker held Sept. 18, 2021, at...
by VNG Staff Writer | Aug 13, 2021 | VANG Publication
Virginia National Guard ends COVID-19 response mission The Virginia National Guard’s support to Virginia’s COVID-19 response ended July 31, 2021, after more than 460 days of assisting with vaccinations, testing and administrative, logistics and planning support at...
by VNG Staff Writer | Jul 30, 2021 | VANG Publication
29th ID assumes authority of Task Force Spartan Maj. Gen. John Rhodes, 29th Infantry Division commanding general, assumed command of Task Force Spartan from Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, 36th Infantry Division commanding general, July 31, 2021, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait....
by VNG Staff Writer | Jul 16, 2021 | VANG NEWS, VNGA NEWS
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard Management Group is excited to announce Maj. Gen. Lapthe Flora as the 2021 Virginia National Guard Conference Plenary Speaker. Flora recently returned to Virginia following an incredibly impactful tour as the Commanding...
by VNG Staff Writer | Jul 16, 2021 | VANG Publication
180th Engineers head to Louisiana for JRTC rotation More than 50 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group are supporting the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry...
by | Jul 2, 2021 | National News
Congratulations to the following 2021 EANGUS Scholarship Recipients! A special thanks to our Corporate Partners, Universities, the Command Sergeants Major Advisory Council, and all the individual donors for making this program possible. We are happy to play a...
by VNGMG Admin | Jun 25, 2021 | VANG Publication
Ceremony remembers 77th anniversary of D-Day The valor, fidelity and sacrifice of D-Day participants were remembered June 6, 2021, at the observance of the 77th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Retired...
by VNG Staff Writer | Jun 18, 2021 | VNGA NEWS
RICHMOND, Va. – The 4th Annual Virginia National Guard Conference is scheduled from Sept. 16-19, 2021, at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. This is an in-person event and registration is open. This year represents the 4th year of a joint...
