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Scout Jamboree, W.Va. Guard Joint Task Force, finalize incident management coordination before opening day
By Staff Sgt. Zoe Morris | Aug. 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...

130th AW Medic Leads Guard Team to Victory
By Airman 1st Class Kayleigh Woods | Aug. 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...

Change of responsibility ceremony recognizes Taber as new 167th command chief
By Airman Colby Smith | Aug. 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
By Staff Sgt. Zoe Morris | 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...

Watchful for the Country: In W.Va., communication never sleeps
By Staff Sgt. Zoe Morris | 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
By 1st Lt. De-Juan Haley | 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...

W. Va. Guard initiates flood response operations
By Sgt. 1st Class Ariana Shuemake | 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...

From Combat Readiness to Community Rescue: The 1092nd Engineer Battalion Answers the Call
By Courtesy Story | 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...

Drones up: WV Guardsmen train for the modern battlefield
By Sgt. Kayden Bedwell | 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
By 2nd Lt. Ashley Almeida | 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...