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Virginia Defense Force conducts annual field training exercise

Approximately 500 members of the Virginia Defense Force conducted their annual division-level field training exercise Oct. 1-3 at Fort Pickett. The all-volunteer force trained on a number of different tasks including aerial reconnaissance operations using live video feed, communications operations with the VDF’s mobile command post systems, less-than-lethal security operations and basic entry level training for new VDF members. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr. the Adjutant General of Virginia, visited the training Oct. 2 and met with VDF leaders and personnel conducting training. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Department of Military Affairs)

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Uploaded on October 2, 2010
Taken on October 2, 2010