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Updates to West Virginia National Guard Social Media and Website Content
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In alignment with Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5400.17, “Official Use of Social Media for Public Affairs Purposes,” and recent Executive Orders issued by the President, the West Virginia National Guard has reviewed and adjusted its website and social media content to ensure compliance with DoD policies and priorities. As a result, certain posts, pages and content has been archived and removed or modified in accordance with federal guidance.
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130th Airlift Wing provides support for Florida Air Guard Firefighters
March 20, 2025
Firefighters from the Florida Air National Guard and the West Virginia Air National Guard trained on an aircraft fire simulator at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, Feb. 23, 2025, during combined emergency response training. The training focused on aircraft and structural firefighting, emergency response tactics and mobility readiness.
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W.Va. Guard Help Build COVID-19 Response Medical Surge Capacity

Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE) and Task Force Sustainment (TF-Sustainment), assist staff of St. Joseph Hospital, Charleston, West Virginia, to unload beds and additional medical equipment delivered to the hospital in an effort to build statewide medical surge capacity during on-going COVID-19 pandemic response, April 9, 2020. The equipment, resourced from a closed hospital in Fairmont, West Virginia, was delivered by members of the West Virginia State Police, West Virginia Division of Highways, and West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, as part of a whole of government partnership uniting local, state and federal agencies in coordinated response efforts. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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W.Va. Guard provides support to Workforce West Virginia

Members of the West Virginia National Guard provide support to Workforce West Virginia April 6, 2020, at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. The West Virginia National Guard is surging capacity to assist with a backlog of unemployment claims due to COVID-19 business and industry closures. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist)
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W.Va. Guard provides support to Workforce West Virginia

Members of the West Virginia National Guard provide support to Workforce West Virginia April 6, 2020, at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. The West Virginia National Guard is surging capacity to assist with a backlog of unemployment claims due to COVID-19 business and industry closures. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist)
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Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE) assist staff, medical personnel, and first responders of an Eastbrook Center nursing home with COVID-19 testing April 6, 2020, in Charleston, West Virginia, after a resident tested positive for the pandemic virus. Members donned proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to complete testing on more than 120 residents and 25 staff as part of ongoing operations across West Virginia in support of a whole of government response effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE) assist staff, medical personnel, and first responders of an Eastbrook Center nursing home with COVID-19 testing April 6, 2020, in Charleston, West Virginia, after a resident tested positive for the pandemic virus. Members donned proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to complete testing on more than 120 residents and 25 staff as part of ongoing operations across West Virginia in support of a whole of government response effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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Members of the West Virginia National Guard's Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (TF-CRE), speak with employees of Wal-Mart during a retail training session March 31, 2020, in Nitro, West Virginia. Members of TF-CRE have been training retailers, food establishments, convenience stores and local first responders and healthcare workers in proper cargo, box handling and PPE wear in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist)
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West Virginia National Guard Sgt. Davis Dean, Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (TF-CRE), speaks with employees of Wal-Mart during a retail training session March 31, 2020, in Nitro, West Virginia. Members of TF-CRE have been training retailers, food establishments, convenience stores and local first responders and healthcare workers in proper cargo, box handling and PPE wear in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist)
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Tech. Sgt. Alan Pasel, an aircraft metals technology specialist assigned to the 130th Maintenance Squadron, works on a face shield prototype on a LulzBot TAZ 6 Dual Platinum 3D printer March 27, 2020, at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va. Pasel used the printer to design a face shield prototype for production to fulfill a statewide shortage caused by the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Tech. Sgt. Alan Pasel, an aircraft metals technology specialist assigned to the 130th Maintenance Squadron, with a LulzBot TAZ 6 Dual Platinum 3D printer at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va., March 27, 2020. Pasel used the printer to design a face shield prototype for production to fulfill a statewide shortage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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A 130th Airlift Wing LulzBot TAZ 6 Dual Platinum 3D printer prints a face-shield prototype March 27, 2020, at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va. The 130th Airlift Wing used the printer to develop a prototype face shield for production to fulfill a statewide shortage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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William E. Crane, director of the joint staff, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general March 30, 2020, at the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Crane has served in the Army National Guard for more than 36 years and currently oversees all operations of the joint staff for the West Virginia National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Holli Nelson)
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200330-Z-XR107-012

William E. Crane, director of the joint staff, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general March 30, 2020, at the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Crane has served in the Army National Guard for more than 36 years and currently oversees all operations of the joint staff for the West Virginia National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Holli Nelson)
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200330-Z-XR107-025

William E. Crane, director of the joint staff, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general March 30, 2020, at the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Crane has served in the Army National Guard for more than 36 years and currently oversees all operations of the joint staff for the West Virginia National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Holli Nelson)
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200330-Z-XR107-012

William E. Crane, director of the joint staff, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general March 30, 2020, at the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Crane has served in the Army National Guard for more than 36 years and currently oversees all operations of the joint staff for the West Virginia National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Holli Nelson)
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Members of the West Virginia National Guard assist volunteers with the Greater Greenbrier Long Term Recovery Committee in preparing meals for more than 3,600 school-age students throughout Greenbrier County, West Virginia, during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, March 25, 2020, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Soldiers supported more than 30 volunteers in packaging and delivering the meals to needy children around the county and will continue to do so for the duration of the outbreak. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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W.Va. Guard Assists Volunteer Organization with Meal Preparation

Members of the West Virginia National Guard assist volunteers with the Greater Greenbrier Long Term Recovery Committee in preparing meals for more than 3,600 school-age students throughout Greenbrier County, West Virginia, during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, March 25, 2020, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Soldiers supported more than 30 volunteers in packaging and delivering the meals to needy children around the county and will continue to do so for the duration of the outbreak. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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W.Va. Guard Assists Volunteer Organization with Meal Preparation

Spc. Jacob Bladen, a member of C Battery, 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment of the West Virginia National Guard assists volunteers with the Greater Greenbrier Long Term Recovery Committee in preparing meals for more than 3,600 school-age students throughout Greenbrier County, West Virginia, during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, March 25, 2020, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. WVNG Soldiers supported more than 30 volunteers in packaging and delivering the meals to needy children around the county and will continue to do so for the duration of the outbreak. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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W.Va. Guard Assists Volunteer Organization with Meal Preparation

Members of the West Virginia National Guard assist volunteers with the Greater Greenbrier Long Term Recovery Committee in preparing meals for more than 3,600 school-age students throughout Greenbrier County, West Virginia, during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, March 25, 2020, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Soldiers supported more than 30 volunteers in packaging and delivering the meals to needy children around the county and will continue to do so for the duration of the outbreak. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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W.Va. Guard Assists Volunteer Organization with Meal Preparation

Spc. Aiden Mitchell, a member of C Battery, 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment of the West Virginia National Guard assists volunteers with the Greater Greenbrier Long Term Recovery Committee in preparing meals for more than 3,600 school-age students throughout Greenbrier County, West Virginia, during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, March 25, 2020, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. WVNG Soldiers supported more than 30 volunteers in packaging and delivering the meals to needy children around the county and will continue to do so for the duration of the outbreak. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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W.Va. Guard Assists Partner Agencies with Medical Supplies Deliv

Members of the West Virginia National Guard assist state-level partner agencies, including the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, with the logistical movement and delivery of in-demand medical supplies to hospitals, clinics, and local departments of health throughout West Virginia in support of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak response efforts, March 24, 2020, in Poca, West Virginia. Workers packaged up large distributions of supplies such as surgical masks, respirators, sterile gowns, and examination gloves which were then loaded into vehicles for rapid dispatch and delivery around the state. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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Soldiers and Airmen from the West Virginia and District of Columbia National Guard compete in the West Virginia National Guard Best Warrior Competition held April 19-21, 2024, at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia. Best Warrior is an annual event where participants compete in a series of warrior training tasks including weapons proficiency on the M4 rifle, 9mm pistol, land navigation, physical fitness, combat first aid, tactical movements, communications, and professional development activities. Photos by 153rd Public Affairs Det., WVARNG
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