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The Charlottesville Newsplex
January 4, 2018
Nearly 100 Virginia National Guard members were staged to assist with storm response needs as well, specifically using military vehicles to aid first responders in getting through deeper snow and clearing roads of debris. On Wednesday, Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency ahead ofÃÂ ...
13newsnow.com
January 4, 2018
The Virginia National Guard will receive missions through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to assist the Virginia State Police and other state and local emergency service organizations and is not able to respond to direct support requests from the public, according to Maj. Gen. Timothy P.
West Virginia MetroNews
January 2, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Year 2018 will bring new deployments for members of both the West Virginia Army National Guard and Air National Guard after some of them spent the holidays overseas, according to West Virginia's adjutant general. “In the current world environment, we've always got to keepÃÂ ...
Beckley Register-Herald
December 19, 2017
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Army National Guard plans to use a portion of the former Hobet Mine site in Boone County as a training facility for all branches of the U.S. military. Gov. Jim Justice announced the plan for the site in a Monday news release. Justice said this is a joint effort through theÃÂ ...
WVNS-TV
December 15, 2017
Kingwood, WV - The West Virginia National Guard's Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy graduated 153 students as a part of Class 49 December 15, 2017. "Attending a Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy graduation is always an honor for me, as I am able to see young people in West Virginia overcomingÃÂ ...
WKYT
December 14, 2017
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Jim Justice says he'll send the West Virginia National Guard to help deal with crime in Huntington. Justice tells WSAZ-TV the Guard could provide aerial surveillance and "boots on the ground" to supplement city police. He says the violence in the city, home of MarshallÃÂ ...
Herald-Mail Media
December 31, 1999
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Shepherd University is one of six West Virginia colleges that recently entered into an agreement with the West Virginia National Guard to provide help with the guard's fitness-training program. Under the memorandum of understanding, students from the Department of Health,ÃÂ ...
Southwest Times
December 12, 2017
Prior to the ceremony, those in attendance were treated to the 29th Division Virginia Army National Guard Band playing a selection of Christmas music. ... Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Rifle Team rendered a 21-gun salute; a member of the 29th Division Virginia National Guard Band played “Taps,”à...
WDTV
December 12, 2017
(WDTV) -- The West Virginia National Guard has announced that Adjutant General Maj. Gen. James Hoyer will sign a memorandum of understanding with six colleges and universities within the state to develop internships with the WVNG's Fitness Training Program. “Through the MoU, students attendingÃÂ ...
GoDanRiver.com
December 12, 2017
National Guard officials announced in February 2016 that the armory would close and move to the Virginia National Guard Readiness Center in Danville as part of the federal Readiness Center Transformation Master Plan. The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors bought the building back from theÃÂ ...
Williamson Daily News
December 10, 2017
... can sustain unimaginable loss with great dignity. And that's why the elected leaders of this country must provide our armed forces with every possible edge not only to fight a war, but, more importantly, to prevent one. Maj. Gen. James A. Hoyer is the adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard.
Roanoke Times (blog)
December 3, 2017
n “A reorganization move by the Virginia National Guard to forestall possible civil disorders calls for the closing of Blacksburg's armory. It would be the only armory closed.” n “Dr. L.G. Frame, health director for Giles, Floyd, and Montgomery counties and the City of Radford, told the Giles Board of SupervisorsÃÂ ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
December 2, 2017
The recently formed team is comprised of West Virginia Army National Guard soldiers and members of the Glasgow and Clendenin volunteer fire departments, totaling around 50 people. Maj. Gen. James A. Hoyer, adjutant General for the West Virginia National Guard, said soldiers were able to support firstÃÂ ...
Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune
November 29, 2017
CHESTERFIELD — The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, in cooperation with Chesterfield's Department of Parks and Recreation, will present a lecture at the County Museum on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m. The speaker will be Alexander Barnes, Command Historian for the Virginia National GuardÃÂ ...
Daily Press (blog)
November 20, 2017
The role of the Virginia National Guard in World War I will be the focus of a special event at the Virginia War Museum on Saturday, Dec. 2. "The Virginia National Guard in the First World War" will feature guest speakers, living historians and Virginia National Guard artifacts not regularly shown to the public.
Charleston Gazette-Mail
November 19, 2017
Winfield was presented with a “State Champion” banner and plaque by the West Virginia National Guard during a school-wide assembly ...
Staunton News Leader
November 10, 2017
... in World War II, but 100 years ago it was a new body, recently formed from the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Regiments of the Virginia National Guard.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
November 8, 2017
... marriage as between one man and one woman, and sponsored a bill banning gay people from openly serving in the Virginia National Guard.
West Virginia MetroNews
November 5, 2017
That night, members of the West Virginia National Guard were pressed into swift water rescue duty, something none of them were trained for.
Richmond.com
November 3, 2017
... a member of any fire company providing fire protection services for facilities of the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia Air National Guard;Â ...
WITN
October 21, 2017
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina National Guard has dedicated a building to a fallen West Virginia National Guard soldier. A news ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 21, 2017
Talbert was a native of Alexandria, Virginia and enlisted in the West Virginia National Guard in 2001. He was studying communications at West ...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
October 19, 2017
For the first time, an African-American now holds the title of general in the West Virginia National Guard. The Guard hosted a ceremony to mark ...
Fayetteville Observer
October 19, 2017
Talbert is a native of Arlington, Virginia, who was serving in the West Virginia National Guard when he was killed in Baladruc, Iraq, on July 27, ...
WRIC
October 17, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — More than 400 Virginia National Guard soldiers were welcomed home Tuesday from a hurricane relief mission.
Charleston Gazette-Mail
October 12, 2017
Harrison B. Gilliam of the West Virginia National Guard and representatives of Capital High School for the grand opening of the school's new ...
WDBJ7
October 10, 2017
WASHINGTON (WDBJ7) -- The Virginia National Guard's ... Trophy as the top company-level unit in the Virginia Army National Guard.
wtkr.com
September 30, 2017
ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I. – Approximately 1,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are conducting recovery operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Virginia National Guard's Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team serves as the mission command headquarters for Joint Task Force Stonewall,ÃÂ ...
wtkr.com
September 26, 2017
BLACKSTONE, Va. - The first group of Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ...
Daily Press
September 25, 2017
Virginia National Guard Soldiers depart for the U.S Virgin Islands Sept. 24. from Blackstone Army Airfield to help in hurricane relief.
Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1999
West Virginia National Guard Sgt. Zachary Mills, a cannon crewmember with 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment, received the Division ...
wtvr.com
October 3, 2017
ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS -- Virginia National Guard soldiers handed out cases of food and water to citizens Saturday on the island ofÃÂ ...
WDBJ7
October 2, 2017
The Virginia National Guard's Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team serves as the mission command headquarters for JointÃÂ ...
WAVY-TV
October 2, 2017
U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS (WAVY) – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based Charlie Troop, 2nd Squadron, 183rdÃÂ ...
wtkr.com
September 26, 2017
BLACKSTONE, Va. - The first group of Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat TeamÃÂ ...
Daily Press
September 25, 2017
Virginia National Guard Soldiers depart for the U.S Virgin Islands Sept. 24. from Blackstone Army Airfield to help in hurricane relief.
ARL now
September 23, 2017
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced today he will send 120 soldiers from the Virginia National Guard to the U.S. Virgin Islands to help with reliefÃÂ ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch
September 16, 2017
Rusty Marks/The State Journal Flight crews at the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston ready one of two C-130 cargo aircraft headed to the U.S.ÃÂ ...
WAVY-TV
August 30, 2017
Virginia National Guard flight crews load up five UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters Aug. 31, 2017, and head toward Texas, where they will assistÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
August 28, 2017
Kelly is the son of fallen Virginia Army National Guard Col. Paul M. Kelly ... Paul M. Kelly, served in the Virginia National Guard. His motherÃÂ ...
WAVY-TV
August 28, 2017
(WAVY) — Virginia National Guard soldiers are bringing out the big guns ... the first piece of heavy artillery for the Virginia Army National Guard,ÃÂ ...
The Forecaster
August 21, 2017
... gathering without an authorized permit, why wasn't the police presence increased, perhaps including the Virginia National Guard? Why wasÃÂ ...
NavyTimes.com
August 16, 2017
7 of 10 The Virginia Army National Guard post is named for Maj. Gen. George Pickett, whose namesakes also include a bloody offensive on theÃÂ ...
Daily Press
August 15, 2017
Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran said he "could not be prouder" of the way the Virginia State Police, Virginia National Guard andÃÂ ...
The Montgomery Herald
August 8, 2017
Sgt. Board is a great loss for the West Virginia National Guard and a loss for the people of West Virginia,” said Maj. Gen. James A. HoyerÃÂ ...
WSLS
August 4, 2017
Despite shrinking budgets and consolidations, the National Guard was able to take over the former Botetourt correctional facility after it closed.
The News Center
August 3, 2017
A funeral will be held Sunday afternoon in Jackson County for a West Virginia National Guard airman who died in a non-combat incident inÃÂ ...
The Fayette Tribune
July 27, 2017
Two West Virginia National Guard members have purchased the historic Glen Ferris Inn which overlooks the Kanawha Falls at Glen Ferris.
Williamson Daily News
December 31, 1999
He said the West Virginia National Guard has some experience in dealing with similar disasters. "Hurricane Irma burst through the VirginÃÂ ...
Guns.com
March 29, 2017
Finally, Senate Bill 1362 would have allowed those on military duty in the state either in federal service or in the Virginia National Guard to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. The Governor argued that military service, "does not ...
