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Vermont cavalry squadron cleared to recruit women
January 22, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), is now authorized to recruit women directly into the unit.This marks the first time in the National... MORE

VTNG's 172nd Law Enforcement Detachment tests skills
January 20, 2021 — JERICHO, Vt. – The Vermont National Guard's 172nd Law Enforcement Detachment concluded more than a year of training with an evaluation at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site Jan. 15-16.Soldiers with... MORE

Vermont National Guard rolls out 1st doses of COVID vaccine
January 5, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Medical personnel with the Vermont Army National Guard Medical Detachment, the 158th Medical Group, and the University of Vermont Medical Center administered COVID-19 vaccinations to... MORE

Airmen honor Vermont’s oldest living veteran
December 31, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Honor is a word ingrained into the ethos of men and women who have ever served in the U.S. military. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that when Airmen of the 158th Fighter... MORE

VT Guard hosts trauma care training with North Macedonia
November 9, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – In an upstairs room at her home in New York, while her children and dogs play downstairs, Lt. Col. Sarah Davis, clinical nurse assigned to the 158th Medical Group, Vermont Air... MORE

Vermont Guard tops 50,000 COVID-19 test kits assembled
September 28, 2020 — BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Air National Guard undertook a new mission early this year, assembling COVID-19 test kits for the Vermont Department of Health and distributing them to VDH district... MORE

Vermont Guard distributes test kits, PPE before school starts
September 2, 2020 — COLCHESTER, Vt. - Vermont National Guard Airmen have assembled and distributed thousands of COVID-19 test kits and personal protective equipment to schools across the state before they reopen Sept... MORE

NY Army Guard Soldiers win NE Best Warrior 3rd straight year
August 19, 2020 — JERICHO, Vt. - For the third time in three years, two New York Army National Guard Soldiers are the best Guard Soldiers in the Northeast. The two Soldiers won in both the junior enlisted and... MORE

Northern Lightning: Vermont Guard Airmen train in Wisconsin
August 5, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Airmen, aircraft and support equipment from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, began departing Aug. 3 to train at the Volk Field Air National Guard base in... MORE

Vermont National Guard helps hospital with emergency care
May 18, 2020 — BURLINGTON, Vt. – Twenty-nine members of the National Guard served on a task force with the Emergency Department (ED) at the University of Vermont Medical Center.Members of the Vermont National Guard... MORE

Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties
May 11, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – On May 6, six pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, stepped into the brisk morning sun and approached their F-35 Lightning IIs.That... MORE

From Vermont to Antarctica (and back)
April 13, 2020 — ANTARCTICA – Close to midnight on Jan. 7, Chaplain Esther Lee arrived at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Chosen to be part of the support staff for Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), Lee “hit the ground... MORE

Guard joins 23rd US-Adriatic regional security conference
September 27, 2019 — DURRES, Albania – The senior military leaders from southeast European countries gathered for the 23rd U.S.-Adriatic (A-5) Charter Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) conference Sept. 25 to discuss regional... MORE

173rd Fighter Wing helps vaccinate Oregonians

Army Guard ad campaign recruits ‘next greatest generation’

Alaska Army National Guardsmen get COVID-19 vaccine

Cal National Guard Soldiers assist car accident victims

Army leaders update Guard activities in Washington