JUNE 10, 2021 - The National Guard released its annual posture statement June 9, detailing the Guard’s current operations and providing an overview of missions during a historic, unprecedentedly busy past year for the Guard. “National Guard members supported every combatant commander around the globe and met every mission here at home,” Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of … [Read more...]

JUNE 7, 2021 - Aviators from the Virginia National Guard participated in an exercise managed by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to test the state’s hurricane response air operations plan on May 10th. The exercise at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston, Virginia included the use of a new mission assignment tool and ensured communications … [Read more...]

JUNE 2, 2021 - The next adaptation of ACFT, the 3.0 version has four main objectives: improving soldier and unit readiness, transforming the Army's fitness culture, reducing preventable injuries and attrition as well as enhancing mental toughness and stamina. To achieve these goals, ACFT 3.0 encompasses six events: a three repetition maximum deadlift, standing power throw, … [Read more...]

MAY 25, 2021 - The 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (1-113th FA), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) conducted an artillery live-fire exercise with the newly fielded M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer System at Fort Bragg May 20-21. The 30th ABCT was the first National Guard brigade to receive the newest iteration of the Paladin and trained for almost two weeks … [Read more...]

MAY 25, 2021 - For the nearly 1,000 National Guardsmen who have remained in Washington, D.C., and who have been providing security assistance to the Capitol Police for the last five months, it's now time for the mission to end and to return home. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III thanked the service members in a statement released today. "They came here from all 54 … [Read more...]