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Vermont National Guard Engineers Train with North Macedonia
May 9, 2023 — JERICHO, Vt. - Six soldiers from the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia participated in annual training with the Detachment 1 Engineers, Garrison Support Command with the Vermont Army National...

New York Guard Participates in Exercise Guerrier Nordique
March 28, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut, Canada – Members of the 105th Airlift Wing, Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York, supported exercise Guerrier Nordique from Feb. 22 to March 23 in the harsh High...

New York Air Guard Supports Canadian Forces’ Arctic Exercise
March 1, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut, Canada - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing and 105th Airlift Wing are partnering with the Vermont Army National Guard and Canadian Armed Forces to support...

Vermont Army Guard Leads Training Exercise in Arctic Circle
February 27, 2023 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont Army National Guard will participate in the winter training exercise Guerrier Nordique in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, March 4-20.The Vermont Soldiers will work with...

Vermont Army Aviation Soldiers Ready for Overseas Mission
February 2, 2023 — COLCHESTER, Vt. - Aviation Soldiers from Company C, 3-126 Army Aviation, 86th Troop Command, Garrison Support Command, Vermont Army National Guard, will conduct air ambulance missions across their...

North Macedonia Soldiers Train with Vermont Guard Partners
August 29, 2022 — CAMP DODGE, Iowa - A medical team from the North Macedonia Army trained with the Vermont Army National Guard in Iowa July 29-Aug. 13 as part of the State Partnership Program.The mission of the...

Vermont National Guard Hosts State Partner Senegal
August 19, 2022 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont – The Vermont Army National Guard hosted two Senegalese Air Force pilots and a flight engineer to conduct safety, operations, and maintenance cross-training with the...

Vermont Guardsmen Demonstrate Readiness Under Stress
August 15, 2022 — JERICHO, Vt. – Vermont National Guard Soldiers navigated obstacles, completed fitness tasks and engaged targets during a live-fire exercise conducted by Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response