Virgin_Islands_National_Guard
Virgin Islands National Guard
Component of the National Guard based in the U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) is a component of the United States Armed Forces' National Guard based in the United States Virgin Islands. It was established on October 19, 1973 in a ceremony officiated by Major-General La Vern E. Weber, then serving as the director of the Army National Guard. Major Leayle Galiber was concurrently appointed as acting Adjutant-General and took command of the first two VING units to be activated, a headquarters detachment and the 661st Military Police Company, both of which were stationed on the island of Saint Croix.[1]
The VING consists of the following units:
Virgin Islands Army National Guard[2]
- Joint Force Headquarters
- Medical Detachment
- Recruiting and Retention Battalion
- 104th Troop Command
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
- 661st Military Police Detachment
- 662nd Engineer Company
- 630th Quartermaster Detachment
- 51st Public Affairs Detachment
- 786th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 631st Engineer Detachment
- 610th Quartermaster Water Supply Company
- 73rd Army Band
- 210th Regiment (Regional Training Institute)
- 23rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team
- Detachment 1, Company D, 1st Battalion, 114th Aviation Regiment
- 1947th Acquisition Contingency Contracting Team
Virgin Islands Air National Guard[3]
- Joint Force Headquarters
- 285th Civil Engineering Squadron