Joint National Guard Augmentation Unit deactivated
Virginia and North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen mark the deactivation of the Joint National Guard Augmentation Unit in a ceremony Sept. 11, 2016, in Suffolk, Virginia. JNGAU traces its origins to 1998 as a partnership between United States Joint Forces Command and the Virginia and North Carolina National Guard to enhance total force integration. The augmentation leveraged the military experience, civilian skills and personnel availability to meet peacetime crises and wartime requirements on a timely basis, and it also took advantage of the National Guard's core competencies by augmenting elements responsible for such missions as consequence management for Weapons of Mass Destruction incidents and joint training. With the disestablishment of USJFCOM in 2011, the JNGUA transitioned to supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Force Development, J7 and a portion of the unit also supported Joint Task Force Civil Support, which is currently a United States Northern Command asset. JNGAU was integrated into the USFJCOM and Joint Staff Joint Reserve Unit in a similar manner as the augmentation elements from the reserve components of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy. (Photo by Sgt. Amanda Johnson, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Joint National Guard Augmentation Unit deactivated
Virginia and North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen mark the deactivation of the Joint National Guard Augmentation Unit in a ceremony Sept. 11, 2016, in Suffolk, Virginia. JNGAU traces its origins to 1998 as a partnership between United States Joint Forces Command and the Virginia and North Carolina National Guard to enhance total force integration. The augmentation leveraged the military experience, civilian skills and personnel availability to meet peacetime crises and wartime requirements on a timely basis, and it also took advantage of the National Guard's core competencies by augmenting elements responsible for such missions as consequence management for Weapons of Mass Destruction incidents and joint training. With the disestablishment of USJFCOM in 2011, the JNGUA transitioned to supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Force Development, J7 and a portion of the unit also supported Joint Task Force Civil Support, which is currently a United States Northern Command asset. JNGAU was integrated into the USFJCOM and Joint Staff Joint Reserve Unit in a similar manner as the augmentation elements from the reserve components of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy. (Photo by Sgt. Amanda Johnson, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)