Governor recognizes Va. Guard’s federal service on Veterans Day

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe ceremonially presents the Governor’s National Service Medal to Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen representing units that recently served on federal active duty in the Middle East and Cuba conducting combat operations and security support. The presentation took place after the Commonwealth’s Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11, 2016, at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 15,000 Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have mobilized on federal active duty for homeland security missions and combat operations, sustainment and security support and peacekeeping in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Cuba, the Middle East and other locations around the world.

The Virginia National Guard currently has nearly 1,000 personnel serving on federal active duty conducting a wide array of missions including mission command, partnership building, security operations, Black Hawk helicopter flight operations and aviation maintenance support.

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