ISSUE #3 OF THE 2026 COMMONWEALTH’S GUARDIAN NEWSLETTER
VANG Publication Newton, Cooper tops at VaARNG Best Warrior Competiton Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion and the Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team took top honors at the 2026 VaARNG Best Warrior Competition, held...
ISSUE #2 OF THE 2026 COMMONWEALTH’S GUARDIAN NEWSLETTER
VANG Publication Ceremony to mark 25 years since 203rd RED HORSE crash The Virginia Air National Guard’s 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron, 192nd Wing, will conduct a memorial ceremony March 3, 2026, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to...
ISSUE #1 OF THE 2026 COMMONWEALTH’S GUARDIAN NEWSLETTER
VANG Publication VNG supports inauguration of 75th Governor of Va. Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen supported the inauguration of Abigail Spanberger as the 75th Governor of Virginia Jan. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Virginia. VNG personnel conducted a variety of missions...
ISSUE #25 OF THE 2025 COMMONWEALTH’S GUARDIAN BI-WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
VANG Publication Crocker succeeds Huffman as SMR commander Lt. Col. John R. Crocker succeeded Lt. Col. Emily Huffman as the commander of the Virginia National Guard’s State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia, during a ceremony Dec. 5, 2025. Col. Eric Quinn, Maneuver...