Soldiers swap out patches, guidons as 529th CSSB transitions to 529th DSSB

Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion donned the 29th Infantry Division patch and displayed new un… Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion donned the 29th Infantry Division patch and displayed new unit guidons during a ceremony where the unit was officially redesignated as the 529th Division Sustainment Support Battalion Sept. 12, 2026, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The 529th, which previously wore the patch of the Virginia Beach-based 329th Regional Support Group, will now fall under the North Carolina National Guard’s 29th Division Sustainment Brigade and, as a result, don the patch of the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division.

Brig. Gen. Dennis Rohler and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Hawley, the Virginia Army National Guard command team, and Col. Kimberly Graham and Command Sgt. Maj. Stacy Garner, the 29th Division Sustainment Brigade command team, were among those on hand for the ceremony. As part of the redesignation, the Maryland National Guard’s 729th Quartermaster Company now falls under the command of the 529th and becomes Alpha and Bravo Companies, 529th DSSB. In addition, the Virginia Beach-based 1173rd Composite Truck Company becomes Charlie Company, 529th DSSB. Headquarters Company is the fourth company in the battalion. The Blackstone-based 3647th Maintenance Company, which previously fell under the command of