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Data Processing Unit welcomes incoming commander
Posted on November 20, 2012 | No CommentsFORT BELVOIR, Va. — Lt. Col. Matthew Wear assumed command of the Virginia National Guard’s Fairfax-based Data Processing Unit from Lt. Col. Randall Cudworth in a change of command ceremony held Nov. 18th at Fort Belvoir. Col. Edward Morgan, commander of the Information Operations Support Center, presided over the guidon exchange that signified the change of command. “The DPU has much to be thankful for, the continued and outstanding service of two proficient and talented leaders, and the great support of their families,” said Morgan. The custom of acknowledging a change in command of officers of a military unit is a formal ceremony and dates back to pre-Roman times. The ceremony emphasizes the continuity of leadership and unit identity, despite... -
House Bill No. 1217 honors SW Va. fallen heroes
Posted on October 23, 2012 | No CommentsCEDAR BLUFF, Va. – Virginia Senator Phillip Puckett, Delegate Will Morefield, Honorable Michael Hymes and the American Veterans Honor Guard Association unveiled highway road signs honoring Sgt. Brandon Asbury and Sgt. David Lambert during a ceremony held Oct. 19 in Cedar Bluff, Va. The ceremony was held to officially fulfill the House Bill No. 1217 requirements to designate the portion of Virginia Route 19 between Tazewell and Claypool Hill, Va., as the Brandon Asbury Highway and to designate the entire Virginia Route 609 as the Sergeant David Lambert Highway. “For decades the youth of Tazewell County have been willing to leave their friends and family and march off to war to defend our freedom. Our country is dependent upon the... -
Virginia Guard assists DEA in drug destruction
Posted on October 16, 2012 | No CommentsRICHMOND, Va. — Soldiers from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment supporting the Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Program helped Richmond Drug Enforcement Administration agents load approximately 14,000 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs into Virginia Guard FMTVs Oct. 12 before hauling the drugs north for destruction at a Northern Virginia incinerator. “Our mission today is to support the DEA in their Drug Take Back mission and our support role here is to be transporters of the pharmaceuticals they collected and haul them to the incinerator,” explained Master Sgt. Brian Wright, noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the Counterdrug Task Force. The drugs were collected from sites throughout Virginia by local law enforcement agencies, and then transported to the centrally located DEA... -
Virginia Guard team works with Tajikistan on Security Cooperation
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsSANDSTON, Va. – Soldiers of the Virginia Army National Guard completed an engagement with the Tajik Army on small-unit tactics and Improvised Explosive Device avoidance on Sept. 12, 2012. Capt. Jack Nothstine, from the 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute at Fort Pickett, led the team, along with 2nd Lt. Alexander Nance, 237th Engineer Company, and Sgt. Kevin Hundley, Headquarters Support Company, 276th Engineer Battalion. Tajikistan, formerly part of the Soviet Union, is located in Central Asia, directly north of Afghanistan. The Virginia Guard began the partnership with Tajikistan in 2004, only a few years after the beginning of the war in Afghanistan. Since then Virginia and Tajikistan have cooperated on dozens of mutually beneficial events. Tajik military leaders have become... -
Virginia Guard’s DPU Soldiers complete cyber exercise with United Kingdom’s Territorial Army
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsFAIRFAX, Va. — Five soldiers from the Virginia National Guard’s Fairfax-based Data Processing Unit completed a two-week joint cyber defense exercise with officers from the Royal Signals branch of the United Kingdom’s Territorial Army Sept. 28. This exercise provided the DPU soldiers with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with U.K. network operations and serve in a real-world cyber defense mission for the British Army Land Forces Headquarters. The exercise was run by British officers assigned to the Land Information Assurance Group, a component of the U.K.’s Royal Signals branch that focuses primarily on cyber network defense. “This exercise was a tremendous opportunity for our DPU soldiers to both gain experience with the unique LIAG operational processes first-hand and conduct a... -
Sling load operations provide valuable training to Virginia Guard aviators, Fort Lee students
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsFORT LEE, Va. — Virginia National Guard Soldiers in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter provided aviation support to students conducting sling load operations training Sept. 28 at Fort Lee, Va. The students are assigned to the U.S. Army Ordnance School training to be ammunition specialists. In addition to providing realistic training to the students, the sling load training also gave Virginia Guard aviators and crew members the opportunity to work on their own skills and gain valuable flight training time. “It’s a great way for new pilots like myself to be able to get all our tasks signed off,” explained 1st Lt. William Bush of the 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment. “Today I’m going to get evaluated on sling load... -
Virginia Army National Guard helicopter makes precautionary landing in Hanover County
Posted on August 30, 2012 | No CommentsSANDSTON, Va. — A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Virginia Army National Guard’s Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 91st Troop Command made a precautionary landing in the early afternoon Aug. 30 in Hanover County because of an equipment issue. The helicopter landed safely under its own power, and crew of three Soldiers are all fine. A maintenance crew is on site to evaluate the helicopter and make the necessary repairs so it can return to Sandston. The crew was conducting a routine training flight. Helicopter crews receive extensive training on the procedures to take if an equipment issue occurs, and the crew took the appropriate actions for the situation. The helicopter was ground transported back to the Army Aviation Support... -
Virginia Guard Soldiers bridge the gap
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsFORT A.P. HILL, Va. — Virginia Guard Soldiers from the Bowling Green-based 189th Multirole Bridge Company bridged White’s Lake outside Fort A.P. Hill July 24 as part of the culminating exercise of their two-week annual training. The Soldiers constructed an approximately 120-meter long bridge, called an Improved Ribbon Bridge, consisting of 13 interior bays and two ramp bays during their three-day field training exercise. “What we can do, we can put these bridge bays down and connect them together and put any vehicle in the Army’s system across it,” said Capt. Matt Nowak, commander of the 189th MRBC. “We can put it down and have it out in 30 minutes to an hour and have tanks across it, have Bradleys... -
Virginia Guard troops lead exchange with Tajikistan Peacekeeping Operations Battalion
Posted on July 23, 2012 | No CommentsSANDSTON, Va. — A seven-man team from the Virginia National Guard ended its three-week State Partnership Program exchange in Tajikistan by spending July 7- 13 with the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Operations Battalion at Shamsi Military Base in the capital city of Dushanbe. The last half of the exchange began with a day-long seminar on Counter IED measures delivered by 1st Lt. Art Taryan from the West Point-based 237th Engineer Company. Taryan used his deployment experience in 2009 to lead the seminar as well as set up an IED lane on the base’s training grounds. On July 4th, the team delivered a presentation on the American holiday as a way to help the Tajiks get a better understanding of American culture and values that... -
Virginia Guard Soldiers on hand as Cannon Creek Greenway project dedicated
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsRICHMOND, Va. — A ribbon cutting ceremony was held May 5, 2012 to celebrate the opening of the first phase of the Cannon Creek Greenway Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail, a project that was supported by members of the Virginia National Guard’s Powhatan-based 180th Horizontal Construction Company, 276th Engineer Battalion. The project was started in 2008 and was developed to establish a family-oriented park that will increase the social, economic and physical revitalization of the area. The 276th, who were recognized at the ceremony, played a vital role in the development of the area clearing the trail, removing debris, laying gravel by utilizing their military training in support of the community service project. Their effort is estimated to have saved the...