Guard News - The National Guard

Vermont Air National Guard responds to aircraft fire
March 25, 2021 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont National Guard's 158th Fire Department responded to a civilian aircraft fire on a runway of Burlington International Airport March 24.The response crews arrived... MORE

Guardsmen excel in All Army Marksmanship Championships
March 23, 2021 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - Army and Air National Guardsmen from across the country traveled to Fort Benning to participate in the 2021 U.S. Army "All Army" Small Arms Championships March 14-20. The week-long... MORE

Vermont Guard highlights women in military to preschoolers
March 19, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Guardswomen with the Vermont National Guard showcased military uniforms and equipment at a virtual book reading for children at a daycare center March 18 as part of Women’s History... MORE

Vermont Guard shifts from COVID-19 testing to vaccination
March 3, 2021 — BURLINGTON, Vt. – The combined Vermont Air and Army National Guard group comprising Task Force Coyote transitioned March 3 from COVID-19 testing to vaccinating the public. Supporting the Vermont... MORE

Vermont National Guard teaches winter mountain skills
February 22, 2021 — JERICHO, Vt. - Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division were introduced to unique winter skills Feb. 18-20 at the Vermont Army National Guard Mountain Warfare School. Experts from the VTARNG 86th... MORE

Vermont National Guard delivers 2nd vaccine doses
February 5, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine might kick you in the pants, but it won’t turn you into a fish or give you superpowers.Medics with the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th... MORE

1st CONG infantry company since WWII deploys to Middle East
January 29, 2021 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Approximately 70 members of the Colorado Army National Guard are heading to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield in the first deployment for Colorado Infantry... MORE

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

Hawaii Air Guard wraps up temporary deployment to Japan

National Guard tops 6 million people vaccinated

Maryland National Guard, state partners renew SPP ties

Deployed Soldier dominates ACFT but finishes humbled

Siblings serve in Idaho Guard as Citizen-Soldier, Airman