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VDF provides operations center support during VNG response for possible severe weather operation

RICHMOND, Va. — Members of the Virginia Defense Force began supporting  the Virginia National Guard’s response to possible severe weather impacts related to Hurricane Ian Sept. 30, 2022. VDF personnel provided administrative support at multiple VNG staging locations and operations center augmentation at the Virginia Emergency Operations Center and Virginia National Guard Joint Operations Center in Richmond. Read more about the VNG’s response at https://ngpa.us/21863. View more photos on the VDF Facebook page at https://ngpa.us/23716.

Members of the Virginia Defense Force are on duty Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2022, and supporting the Virginia National Guard’s response to possible severe weather impacts related to Hurricane Ian. VDF personnel provided administrative support at multiple VNG staging locations and operations center augmentation at the Virginia Emergency Operations Center and Virginia National Guard Joint Operations Center in Richmond.

 

Members of the Virginia Defense Force provide operations center augmentation Oct. 4, 2022, at the Virginia National Guard Joint Operations Center at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, and administrative support in Norfolk during the VNG’s response to severe weather. 

 

Members of the Virginia Defense Force provide night shift staffing at the Virginia National Guard Joint Operations Center Oct. 3, 2022, at the Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, as VNG Soldiers and trucks are staged on the Eastern Shore and in the Hampton Roads area. VDF personnel are also providing administrative and logistics support at multiple VNG staging locations and operations center augmentation at the Virginia Emergency Operations Center.