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The VDF is the descendant of the Virginia State Guard, the Virginia Regiment, and ultimately the Colonial Virginia militia of the Virginia Colony. The Virginia Defense Force Command is headquartered at the historic Old City Hall, but drills out of the Waller Armory in Richmond, Virginia. State law allows the command to grow to as many as 7,800 ...
Vane had previously been kicked out of the Virginia Kekoas, a self-described “prepper militia.” Leaders of the group insisted he leave after he made increasingly alarming comments about home ...
It is composed of approximately 7,200 soldiers and maintains 46 armories in communities throughout the State of Virginia. [1] 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 to use of the National Guard. The state mission ...
The militia movement claims that militia groups are sanctioned by law but uncontrolled by government; in fact, they are designed to oppose a tyrannical government. The movement's ideology has led some adherents to commit criminal acts, including stockpiling illegal weapons and explosives and plotting to destroy buildings or assassinate public ...
Convicted for his role in the 2002 DC Sniper attacks and sentenced to multiple terms of life imprisonment in both Virginia and Maryland for the murders of ten victims. He was originally sent to Red Onion State Prison, following conviction, but was transferred to Keen Mountain Correctional Center in 2024. [17] [18] [19]
By an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1944, the VADOC was officially formed out of the former Virginia Department of Welfare and Institutions, the Virginia Parole Board, and the Virginia Department of Probation and Parole Services. Today, the VADOC oversees all operations of the Commonwealth's corrections facilities.
RICHMOND, Va., April 7 (Reuters) - Virginia's top court on Thursday ordered the release of a former U.S. sailor who has spent 33 years in prison, because new DNA evidence showed he did not murder ...