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Vermont Army Guard to Support Swift Response Exercise
May 6, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – More than 120 Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers will participate in the training exercise Swift Response 22 in North Macedonia. Exercise Swift Response is an annual U.S. Army... MORE

Vermont Soldiers hone mountain skills with Saudi Special Forces
April 1, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. - For the first time, a conventional U.S. Army National Guard unit trained with Royal Saudi Land Forces Special Forces instructors at the Royal Saudi Land Forces Mountain Warfare... MORE

Vermont Guard participates in Canadian extreme cold exercise
March 18, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers trekked into the Canadian wilderness for “Guerrier Nordique,” a combined, two-week extreme cold-weather exercise.Maj. Matthew Heffner and his... MORE

Making Mountaineers: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022 — CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vt. – Each service member who enters the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School passes under a placard with an ominous warning from Ethan Allen himself: “The Gods of the... MORE

Legacies of Excellence: Mountain Warfare School instructors
February 17, 2022 — CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vt. – Service members from French desert commandos to U.S. Special Forces operators have sung the praises of U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School instructors.The Vermont... MORE

Humble Beginnings: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022 — CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vt. – The U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School was established April 5, 1983, in a mobile home next to a tin shack on a small hill in Jericho, Vermont. The tin shack still... MORE

Beyond the Basics: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022 — CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vt. – The education at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School doesn’t end at the Basic Military Mountaineer Course.From the four advanced and specialty courses taught in... MORE

Vermont Guard shares communication strategy with SPP partner
February 16, 2022 — SKOPJE, North Macedonia – Soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard led a crisis communication workshop at the Army Home in Skopje, North Macedonia, Feb. 8-10.“Crisis communication is about... MORE

Vermont Army Guard hosts mountain warfare course in Djibouti
December 21, 2021 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Five U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School instructors with the Vermont Army National Guard traveled to Djibouti to teach a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course... MORE

Vermont Guard provides input for crew-served weapon's scope
September 7, 2021 — JERICHO, Vt. – Annual training for the Vermont Army National Guard's Head and Headquarters Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion (Mountain), was a bit different this year as Soldiers were trained... MORE

From Iraq to Vermont National Guard
July 20, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – For 24-year-old Vermont Army National Guard Spc. Ali Aljarah, military service means being prepared to deploy "as the only way to protect and serve my country to help stop harm from... MORE

Vermont National Guard biathletes eye 2022 Beijing Olympics
June 10, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Three Vermont National Guard biathletes are training hard in anticipation of attending the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. If selected, VTARNG members will make up 37 percent... MORE

Vermont Army Guard is 1st OK'd to recruit women to all units
April 29, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Women may now join any combat arms unit in the Vermont Army National Guard. The Vermont Army National Guard is the first to open all combat arms units within its organization to the... MORE

Washington Guard MPs Train on Law Enforcement Skills

Northern Agility 22-1 Begins in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

New Hampshire Guard Provides Health Care in Cherokee Nation

105th Cavalry Seizes Opportunity to Train on Tow Missiles

Idaho National Guard Participates in African Lion Exercise