The West Virginia National Guard’s Ridge Runner Irregular Warfare Exercise & Laboratory is a uniquely innovative and globally influential joint multinational training program, innovation laboratory, and U.S. Special Operations Forces validation platform headquartered out of Camp Dawson, West Virginia. Chief of the National Guard Bureau Gen. Steve Nordhaus attended his first RR IWX & Laboratory Distinguished Visitors Day on April 22, 2026, at the invitation of WVNG Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Jim Seward, and Ridge Runner Program Director, Col. Tyler Vaughn. (U.S. Army National Guard photos)
| Date Taken: | 04.20.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.27.2026 14:53 |
| Photo ID: | 9642815 |
| VIRIN: | 260420-Z-TB920-1001 |
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| Location: | WEST VIRGINIA, US |
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