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W.Va. Guard receives authorization to increase personnel in support of COVID-19 response
October 19, 2020 — Since our last report, the West Virginia National Guard received authorization from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to increase the number of personnel on federal activation status to 400 in support of COVID-19 response operations... MORE

Navigating less than healthy foods
October 16, 2020 — The West Virginia National Guard Dietitian, Shari Wright, provides insight on holiday eating... MORE

W.Va. Guard Assists with New COVID-19 Testing Innovation
October 9, 2020 — Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE), are assisting with the roll-out of a new innovative electronic record system aimed to improve the COVID-19 testing process... MORE

W.Va. Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy South Employees Look Forward to Helping Inspire Cadets
October 7, 2020 — The West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy South, located in Montgomery, West Virginia, is scheduled to begin instruction for its first class of cadets, Oct. 11, 2020, and is welcoming former cadets and parents to its staff roster. ... MORE

Second Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy campus offers Job ChalleNGe placement opportunities
October 7, 2020 — With the opening of the second Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy campus mere days away, nearly 60 staff members at MCA-South in Montgomery, West Virginia, are wrapping up training on a wide variety of topics, including how to help MCA graduates continue on a successful path... MORE

W.Va. Guard October 2020 Soldier Spotlight
October 7, 2020 — For October 2020, our monthly Soldier Spotlight highlights Sgt. 1st Class Laurie Janet Churchill Wentworth, Flight Operations NCOIC with Detachment 1, Company B, 1-224th Security and Support Aviation Battalion... MORE

167th Airmen provide COVID-19 testing and other support
October 6, 2020 — 167th Airlift Wing Airmen continue assistance to state with COVID-19 response efforts... MORE

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight October 2020
October 6, 2020 — Maj. Lori Wyatt is the assistant chief nurse for the 167th Medical Group and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for October 2020... MORE

Chaplain fills in for active duty priest
October 6, 2020 — 167th Airlift Wing Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Stevens spent September at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona to offer some relief to their Chaplain Corps who was short-staffed due to deployments... MORE

W.Va. Guard Soldiers learn valuable skills at Master Resilience Training course
October 5, 2020 — School opportunities come and go throughout a Soldier's career - some help check boxes for basic unit readiness while some change a Soldier's entire career. The Master Resilience Trainer (MRT) Level 1 course is an Army training like no other, however, and on Sept. 25, 2020, six West Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers graduated from the 80-hour course at the Wisconsin National Guard's Regional Training Institute at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, ready to support the mission of total Soldier readiness... MORE