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2:49 p.m.: after discussion with his chief of staff, Clark Mercer, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam activates all available assets of the State of Virginia including the Virginia National Guard to aid the U.S. Capitol. Authorization from DoD required for legal deployment of Virginia National Guard in D.C. was not granted. [9] [10]
The Virginia Army National Guard is composed of approximately 7,000 soldiers and maintains 46 armories in communities throughout the U.S. state of Virginia. [ citation needed ] The Governor may call individuals or units of the Virginia National Guard into state service during emergencies or to assist in special situations which lend themselves ...
It consists of the Virginia Army National Guard and Virginia Air National Guard. (The Virginia State Defense Force is the third military unit of the Virginia Department of Military Affairs, part of the state government of Virginia). The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President of the United States ...
Youngkin announced Wednesday that in response to a request from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott he had signed an executive order directing the deployment of 100 Virginia National Guard soldiers and 21 ...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered National Guard troops to the southern border to help interdict drug and human trafficking at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s request.
This deployment includes 450 Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina Army National Guard soldiers and is the first time the 29th Infantry Division has been a part of the Third Army since 1944, during WWII. [54]
The 183rd Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the United States Army, represented in the Virginia Army National Guard by 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry (2-183). The squadron is the reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition squadron of the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, part of the 29th Infantry Division.
The 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion is an Engineer Battalion in the Virginia Army National Guard, part of the 29th Infantry Division's 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. First formed under the designation in 1985, it became the 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion in 2005. It was renamed the 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion once again in 2016.