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West Virginia, D.C. Guard members compete in Qatar for historic 2025 Best Warrior Competition
February 10, 2025
soldiers carrying ruck sacks walk down a dirt road into a sunrise

W.Va. National Guard Chaplain strengthens international partnerships at Africa Chaplains Summit
February 4, 2025
Chaplain (Maj.) Justin Elliott represented the West Virginia National Guard at the Africa Chaplains Summit, hosted by U.S. Africa Command in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 24-28, 2025. The summit aimed to strengthen relationships, exchange best practices and enhance engagement through the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program by bringing together military chaplains from partner nations.

WV Adjutant General announced by Gov. Patrick Morrisey
January 29, 2025

Camp Conley 2025 applications released
January 21, 2025
We are so excited to send you the 2025 WVNG Kids Kamp/Camp Conley applications!  Our 2025 program theme from NGB this year is “National Guard Kids:  Your Adventure Starts Here!” and let me say this camp is most certainly an adventure!  The schedule looks amazing, and we have so much fun packed into it including camp traditions such as firing ranges, EST, static displays, high line, fishing, swimming, rappel tower, drill & ceremony, and camp dance!  We have some amazing end-of-camp plans underway, but it will be hard to top the carnival last year. We are surely going to try our best!  Don’t miss out, register today.

As a recap:
•	Dates:  22-27 June 2025
•	Location:  Camp Dawson, Kingwood WV
•	For who:  Military dependents ages 9-14, TagAlongs ages 5-8
•	Cost:  
o	Campers, ages 9-14:  $100 if registered between now and 1 April.  Late registration goes from 2 April to 15 May and will be $125.00
o	TagALongs, ages 5-8:  $75.00 if registered between now and 1 April.  Late registration goes from 2 April to 15 May and will be $100.00
o	Youth Volunteers, ages 16-17:  $50.00, registration deadline, 15 May.
o	Adult Volunteers, ages 18 $ up:  $50.00, due to background checks, registration deadline, 1 May.

Change of command ceremony marks Sigler's transition to lead 167th Airlift Wing
January 17, 2025
two men in uniform grip a guidon on a stage

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight January 2025
January 17, 2025
a woman in uniform stands at a podium

West Virginia public affairs Soldiers train NATO troops in Kosovo
January 13, 2025
A man in camo uniform address a group of multinational soldiers in an auditorium from a stage, with a slide show presentation behind him.

The Guard in 2024: Deployments, hurricanes, wildfires and new leadership
January 6, 2025
U.S. Army Sgt. Isaac Bradshaw, a combat medic with C Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard, wraps his arms around an older couple and uses his body to block them from debris and strong winds produced by the rotor wash of a landing CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Burnsville, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2024. The Chinook crew responded in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, bringing generators, fuel, and other supplies to the remote area that was isolated when floodwaters washed away the main road in and out of the area.

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West Virginia Army National Guard Conducts Change of Responsibil

Imagery taken during the West Virginia Army National Guard Change of Responsibility ceremony held at the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters, in Charleston, West Virginia, on December 11, 2024. During the ceremony, Command Sgt. Maj. Aaron T. Kincaid assumed the role of West Virginia Army National Guard State Command Sergeant Major from retiring Command Sgt. Maj. Chadwick L. Moneypenny. The WVARNG state command sergeant major represents and advises The Assistant Adjutant General - Army on matters pertaining to policies and actions that affect the nearly 4,000 enlisted Soldiers of the WVARNG. (Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)

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Video by Sgt. Cheryl Madolev, Staff Sgt. Mickey Miller, Sgt. Davis Rohrer
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
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