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Congratulations to seven of the Virginia Army National Guard’s senior noncommissioned officers for graduating from the S...
06/12/2026

Congratulations to seven of the Virginia Army National Guard’s senior noncommissioned officers for graduating from the Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, in 2026. These seven leaders started the nonresident course back in 2024, completing 17 months of training before completing a two-week resident phase at Fort Bliss:

-Sgt. Maj. Jobie Eley
-1st Sgt. James Perry
-1st Sgt. Robert Vaught (Commandant’s List graduate)
-Master Sgt. Wesley Heims (Commandant’s List graduate)
-Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Goldstein
-1st Sgt. Recardo Faulkner
-1st Sgt. Joseph Buckner

“The purpose of this course is to provide the Army with agile and adaptive senior enlisted leaders, who embody the principles of the Profession of Arms,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Hawley, the VaARNG’s command sergeant major.

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 29th Infantry Division supported a commemoration ceremony June 6 a...
06/11/2026

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 29th Infantry Division supported a commemoration ceremony June 6 at the National Guard Monument on Omaha Beach, honoring U.S. National Guard Soldiers and members of the British Royal Air Force during events marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

During the ceremony, Sgt. 1st Class Justin Assenat, assigned to the 29th ID and the grandson of D-Day veteran Sgt. William Raymond Hurd, laid a wreath in honor of those who served and sacrificed. Hurd, assigned to Company D, 116th Infantry Regiment, was among the first waves of Soldiers to land on Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings June 6, 1944.

More than 600 U.S. service members, including 30 from the 29th ID, were in Normandy last week supporting more than 95 D-Day commemoration events across the region.

06/10/2026

82 years later, the legacy of the 116th Infantry Regiment continues.

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas National...
06/09/2026

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas National Guard Soldiers and Guatemalan service members partnered with Arkansas through the State Partnership Program move into the field June 8, 2026, during a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Brig. Gen. Rusty McGuire, senior trainer for the Virginia Army National Guard’s JRTC rotation, and senior trainer noncommissioned officer Sgt. Maj. Ian Gilliam met with the Soldiers to discuss training operations and multinational interoperability. The 116th MBCT is the first Army National Guard brigade to participate in a JRTC rotation as a mobile brigade combat team after transitioning from an infantry brigade combat team in 2025. JRTC provides U.S. military units and personnel with complex, realistic combat training, including joint and combined-arms operations, force-on-force scenarios and live-fire exercises.

Brig. Gen. Rusty McGuire, senior trainer for the Virginia Army National Guard’s training rotation at the Joint Readiness...
06/08/2026

Brig. Gen. Rusty McGuire, senior trainer for the Virginia Army National Guard’s training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, visits with Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team June 6, 2026, at Fort Polk, Louisiana, as they finalize preparations to begin their JRTC rotation. During the visit, McGuire presented his challenge coin to Sgt. 1st Class Monisha Braxton, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the dining facility providing meals to more than 4,000 service members. The 116th MBCT is the first Army National Guard brigade to participate in a JRTC rotation as a mobile brigade combat team after formally transitioning from an infantry brigade combat team in 2025. JRTC provides U.S. military units and personnel with complex, realistic combat training, including joint and combined arms operations, force-on-force scenarios and live-fire exercises. Read more at https://vngpao.info/mrxmfd2z.

Happening now: Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Blackstone-based Alpha Company, 529th Division Sustainme...
06/08/2026

Happening now: Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Blackstone-based Alpha Company, 529th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group participate in the exercise Urgent Foxhound. During the exercise, the Soldiers will perform support maintenance operations alongside the Finnish Army Karjalan prikaati - Karelia Brigade.The training is in support of the State Partnership Program, in which Virginia and Finland have been formally paired since 2024.

Virginia National Guard senior leaders and Soldiers participate in the 82nd D-Day Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony Jun...
06/06/2026

Virginia National Guard senior leaders and Soldiers participate in the 82nd D-Day Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony June 6, 2026, at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, read the names of the World War II veterans present at the ceremony and placed a wreath at the memorial with Chief Master Sgt. John F. Nye, the VNG’s senior enlisted leader. The Troutville-based 29th Infantry Division Band provided ceremonial music for the event. The ceremony commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the allied landings in Normandy, France, during World War II, as well as the 25th anniversary of memorial’s opening.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 29th Infantry Division participated in a ceremony honoring the Bedford...
06/06/2026

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 29th Infantry Division participated in a ceremony honoring the Bedford Boys June 6, 2026, at Omaha Beach in Vierville-sur-Mer, France.

On June 6, 1944, 29th ID Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, from the small community of Bedford, Virginia, were among the first to land on Omaha Beach at 6:30 a.m. That morning, 19 Soldiers from Alpha Company — 19 Bedford Boys — were killed on the beach, marking the largest per capita loss suffered by any American town on D-Day.

More than 600 U.S. service members, including 30 Soldiers from the 29th ID, are in Normandy to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings. During the ceremony, Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, placed a wreath in honor of the fallen, and Maj. Gen. Joseph A. DiNonno, a former commanding general of the 29th Infantry Division, served as the keynote speaker.

The Virginia Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion hosts a Civic Leader Appreciation Day June 5, 2026, ...
06/05/2026

The Virginia Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion hosts a Civic Leader Appreciation Day June 5, 2026, at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston, Virginia. Educators from around the state met leaders of the VaARNG, learned about the organization and the opportunities available to their students, explored military equipment static displays and experienced a flight in a Black Hawk helicopter courtesy of the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Battalion, 29th Infantry Division.

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team unload vehicles an...
06/04/2026

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team unload vehicles and equipment from railcars June 3, 2026, at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The vehicles and equipment traveled from Virginia to Louisiana in support of a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. The 116th MBCT is the first Army National Guard brigade to participate in a JRTC rotation as a mobile brigade combat team after formally transitioning from an infantry brigade combat team in 2025. JRTC provides U.S. military units and personnel with complex, realistic combat training, including joint and combined arms operations, force-on-force scenarios and live-fire exercises.

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