West Virginia National Guard

Scout Jamboree, W.Va. Guard Joint Task Force, finalize incident management coordination before opening day
August 19, 2026 — With Scouts arriving in less than 48 hours, National Jamboree 2026 staff, volunteers, and partner agencies are refining plans, rehearsing procedures, and putting faces to names after more than two years of planning for the Scouting America event held at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, West Virginia...

130th AW Medic Leads Guard Team to Victory
August 13, 2026 — The sun had barely peaked over the mountains surrounding Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, when the heat and chaos set in without warning. A team of military medics was ordered into their M50 Joint Service General Purpose Masks and sent sprinting through the desert terrain. Carrying a 200-pound litter between exhausting physical checkpoints, they were thrown into the ultimate test of endurance and tactical medicine...

Change of responsibility ceremony recognizes Taber as new 167th command chief
August 2, 2026 — A change of responsibility ceremony was held at the 167th Airlift Wing base dining facility during the August unit training assembly, Aug. 1, 2026...

Scouts, Soldiers contribute to W.Va. disaster relief
July 28, 2026 — Soldiers + Scouts = "Passion, Persistence, Commitment, and Dedication" Collecting and donating flood supplies is a legacy community service project for attendees of Scouting America National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, West Virginia. This year, Scouts are seeing the impact of service in real time after a disastrous storm hit during the Jamboree...

Watchful for the Country: In W.Va., communication never sleeps
July 27, 2026 — The Joint Task Force - National Scout Jamboree office of command, control, communications, and computers/cyber (J-6) ensures that even in the rural hills of southern West Virginia the message gets through...

One Mission, Many Partners: How Interoperability Powers the National Scout Jamboree
July 27, 2026 — Before the first Scout pitches a tent or begins an adventure across the Summit Bechtel Reserve, another team has already been at work for months. Soldiers, Airmen, Civil Air Patrol, emergency managers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and Scout leadership come together with a common objective: ensuring the National Scout Jamboree is safe, secure and prepared for anything...

W. Va. Guard initiates flood response operations
July 21, 2026 — The West Virginia National Guard, under direction of Governor Patrick Morrisey, was activated on July 21, 2026, to provide support to communities impacted by severe flooding across the state. The most significant impacts have been reported in Upshur, Pleasants, and Lewis counties with the Governor declaring a state of emergency across all 55 counties...

From Combat Readiness to Community Rescue: The 1092nd Engineer Battalion Answers the Call
July 11, 2026 — On July 11, 2026, more than 360 Soldiers from the 1092nd Engineer Battalion converged on Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia, to kick off their Annual Training. Their initial mission: prepare for Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) and validate their warfighting capabilities in a simulated peer-to-peer combat environment. However, after large-scale storm caused significant flooding in the state, the entire battalion turned on a dime...

Drones up: WV Guardsmen train for the modern battlefield
July 1, 2026 — A small unmanned aircraft system operator course was conducted Feb. 19-28 at Fort Indiantown Gap...

Wright assumes command of the 167th Airlift Wing
June 15, 2026 — A change of command ceremony to mark the transition of wing leadership was held at the 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 13...