529th CSSB Soldiers return to USA
Approximately 40 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group return to the United States Nov. 19, 2024, after serving federal active duty in Poland since January 2024. The Soldiers will conduct administrative tasks at their de-mobilization station of Fort Cavazos, Texas, to begin transitioning back to a traditional National Guard status, but an exact date for their return has not been finalized.
A group of about 20 529th Soldiers already returned home, and a small contingent of Soldiers are conducting transportation support in Poland and will return later this month.
Brig. Gen. Charles B. Martin, Commander of the Virginia Army National Guard, Col. Juanita F. Rohler and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Viera, the 329th RSG command team, and Col. Gregory J. Geiger, commander of the Mobilization Support Brigade, greeted the Soldiers and thanked them for their service. The 329th command team also presented challenge coins to select Soldiers for outstanding duty performance.
The 529th took responsibility for logistics, maintenance and supply missions based at Forward Operating Site Karliki, Poland, in March 2024, and they conducted a transfer of authority ceremony with the Georgia National Guard’s 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Nov. 6 in Zagan Palace in Zagan, Poland. Read more at vngpao.info/2p85wb4c.
529th CSSB Soldiers return to USA
Approximately 40 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group return to the United States Nov. 19, 2024, after serving federal active duty in Poland since January 2024. The Soldiers will conduct administrative tasks at their de-mobilization station of Fort Cavazos, Texas, to begin transitioning back to a traditional National Guard status, but an exact date for their return has not been finalized.
A group of about 20 529th Soldiers already returned home, and a small contingent of Soldiers are conducting transportation support in Poland and will return later this month.
Brig. Gen. Charles B. Martin, Commander of the Virginia Army National Guard, Col. Juanita F. Rohler and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Viera, the 329th RSG command team, and Col. Gregory J. Geiger, commander of the Mobilization Support Brigade, greeted the Soldiers and thanked them for their service. The 329th command team also presented challenge coins to select Soldiers for outstanding duty performance.
The 529th took responsibility for logistics, maintenance and supply missions based at Forward Operating Site Karliki, Poland, in March 2024, and they conducted a transfer of authority ceremony with the Georgia National Guard’s 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Nov. 6 in Zagan Palace in Zagan, Poland. Read more at vngpao.info/2p85wb4c.