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  • Virginia Guard Aids Hurricane Response in Florida, Virginia

    The Virginia National Guard is helping Florida respond to Hurricane Milton while it winds down its support for victims of Hurricane Helene in Virginia. The VNG sent a Black Hawk helicopter to Florida and is mustering approximately 225 Soldiers and Airmen to provide engineer, transportation and

  • Guard Airmen, Soldiers Train To Care for Fallen Comrades

    For two weeks in September, National Guard Airmen and Soldiers dedicated themselves to preparing for one of the most solemn duties in the military: handling and returning the remains of fallen service members with dignity and respect, even amid dangerous conditions.

  • National Guard Continues to Assist with Hurricane Response in Southeast

    ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 5,900 National Guard members from multiple states rescued hundreds of people and cleared roads across the Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene.Guardsmen mobilized in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with help from the Maryland,

  • National Guard Assists with Hurricane Response in Southeast

    STARKE, Fla. - More than 4,600 National Guardsmen were on duty in Florida and across the Southeast Friday, assisting victims of Hurricane Helene.As the massive storm moved ashore at Florida’s Big Bend area late Thursday night, 3,900 members of the Florida National Guard were staged throughout the

  • Virginia Guard Engineers Enhance Readiness in Portugal

    LAJES FIELD, Portugal - Airmen with the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, 192nd Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, trained at Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal, July 14-26.Renowned for its ability to deploy into austere environments and

  • Maryland Airmen Test Cyber Skills in Virginia Exercise

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Maryland Air National Guard Airmen participated in Cyber Fortress 3.0, a training exercise that tested the local, state and federal response to potential cyberattacks against critical infrastructure.The exercise, hosted by the Virginia National Guard July 7-20 in collaboration

  • Virginia Guard Enlisted Leaders Meet with Finnish Partners

    RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia National Guard senior enlisted leadership traveled to Finland Aug. 19-23 to collaborate with members of the Finnish Defence Forces on a plan for joint enlisted training and exercise and development for 2025 to 2027. Command Chief Master Sgt. Kelly B. Reich, the Virginia

  • Virginia Guard Tests Cybersecurity Readiness in Exercise

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia National Guard and multinational and interagency partners executed Cyber Fortress 3.0, a water management cyber incident response, July 7-20 at the State Military Reservation.“Every organization and individual in the state is a target,” said Col. Gerald A. Mazur,

  • Illinois National Guard, Partners Train in Cyber Exercise

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - More than 50 Illinois National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, along with civilians from the Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology and the Illinois State Board of Elections, returned recently from a major cyber training exercise sponsored by the National Guard Bureau.Close to