130th Air Wing Captain Helps Deliver Baby in Hospital Parking Lot
January 12, 2026 — An West Virginia Air National Guard medical officer supporting operations in the nation’s capital helped deliver a baby in the front seat of a car just outside a hospital emergency room days before Christmas, turning a routine evening into an unexpected life-saving moment and underscoring how service members support the community in ways that often extend beyond their assigned mission... MORE

Official photo of Capt. April McClung, a nurse assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, who helped deliver a baby Dec. 23, 2025, outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's emergency room.

W. Va. Guard remembers first State Command Sergeant Major
January 11, 2026 — The West Virginia National Guard honors and remembers Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph "J.J.” Sale, Jr., who served as the first State Command Sergeant Major of the West Virginia Army National Guard... MORE

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Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – South Class 2-2025 Graduates 66 Cadets
December 22, 2025 — The West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – South program, located in Montgomery, West Virginia, graduated 66 cadets as a part of Class 2-2025/65 on December 19, 2025, at the Fayette County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building in Fayetteville, West Virginia... MORE

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Governor Morrisey Requests Purple Hearts for Guard Members Killed, Injured in D.C. Attack
December 19, 2025 — Governor Patrick Morrisey formally announced that the State of West Virginia has requested the posthumous award of the Purple Heart for U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and the same honor for Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe... MORE

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West Virginia Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – North Class 2-2025 Graduates 65 Cadets
December 17, 2025 — The West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – North program graduated 65 cadets as a part of Class 65/2-2025 on Dec. 12, 2025 at Camp Dawson, West Virginia... MORE

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Spc. Sarah Beckstrom laid to rest at W.Va. National Cemetery
December 12, 2025 — U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a military police officer with the 863rd Military Police Company, West Virginia Army National Guard, was laid to rest with full military honors during a ceremony and interment on Dec. 9, 2025 at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia... MORE

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Update on National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe
December 12, 2025 — Update on National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe from MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Andrew Wolfe’s parents, Melody and Jason Wolfe... MORE

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W.Va. National Guard confirms identity of Guardsmen wounded in D.C. shooting
November 27, 2025 — The West Virginia National Guard, under the command of West Virginia Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jim Seward, announces the names of the two Guardsmen shot while serving on the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Mission... MORE

Gold Star Families keep names alive during annual West Virginia weekend retreat

Benjamin Dawson brushes a therapy horse during an equine therapy event held during the annual West Virginia National Guard Gold Star Families Weekend Retreat on September 28, 2024 at Camp Dawson, in Kingwood, West Virginia. Since its first congressional designation in 1936, the last Sunday in September has been recognized as “Gold Star Mother’s Day” and in 2012 was declared “Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day”. The West Virginia National Guard hosts Gold Star families from West Virginia and Pennsylvania to convene annually at Camp Dawson for three days of fellowship and remembrance. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Cdt. Ayden Norcross)

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WVNG Best Warrior Competition 2024 Video

153rd Public Affairs Detachment

March 19, 2024 | 4:11

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