Soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard's 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Airborne participated in Vigilant Guard 2017 - US Virgin Islands. Soldiers performed hoist training and conducted area assessments.
The WVARNG Soldiers went to St. Thomas and St. Croix to train in natural disaster relief scenarios with the Virgin Islands National Guard. Vigilant Guard is a national level, full-scale exercise sponsored by US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and supported by The National Guard.
On May 23-25 at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, W.Va., Soldiers from the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 753rd Explosive Ordinance participated alongside the West Virginia State Police Bomb Squad in the Raven’s Challenge, the world’s largest training event for military and police EOD/IED units and emergency management personnel.
Exercise Eager Lion, a “keystone event” between the strategic partnership between the U.S. military and Jordan Forces, commenced for a seventh year on May 7.
The United States Armed Forces are comprised of many traditions. For more than 365 years the citizen soldiers of the Army National Guard have come to the aid of their neighbors, state and country during times of crisis and need. One such tradition, and one that plays a vital role in the ARNG and its mission is the U.S. Army officer. In the West Virginia Army National Guard, there is an opportunity for citizen soldiers to achieve such a...
