Equal opportunity Advisors attend conference

Virginia National Guard Equal Opportunity Advisors attended a conference to discuss topics effecting Soldiers and Airmen throughout Virginia at Fort Pickett, October 14th. Each major subordinate command throughout the Virginia Army National Guard sent their Equal Opportunity Advisor to receive training and facilitate cross talk with other unit's advisors. Each advisor is responsible for the training of Equal Opportunity Leaders within their unit. To show support for the Equal Opportunity program, Virginia's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Robert Newman, Assistant Adjutant General for the Army, Brig. Gen. Stephen Huxtable and State Command Sgt. Maj. Carl Holcomb, each attended and briefly spoke the conference.