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Nov. 7, 2020

Training Must Go On: VT Guard Hosts Virtual Trauma Care Training with North Macedonia

In an upstairs room at her home in New York, while her children and dogs are playing downstairs, Lt. Col. Sarah Davis, clinical nurse assigned to the 158th Medical Group, Vermont Air National Guard, sits down at her computer screen with pieces of training equipment nearby, hoping to avoid being interrupted. It was September 28, the first day of a three-day trauma nurse training, when she logged on to greet participants virtually - a new normal during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Nov. 5, 2020

158th Fighter Wing public affairs specialist receives national recognition

Julie Shea, 158th Fighter Wing public affairs specialist, is the U.S. Air National Guard’s 2020 Outstanding Communication Civilian.

Nov. 3, 2020

Vermont ANG to hold deployment ceremonies

The 158th Fighter Wing will hold three deployment ceremonies Nov. 8 to honor Airmen scheduled to deploy throughout the fall and winter of 2020 as well as their families.

Nov. 2, 2020

Construction begins on new Army Mountain Warfare School facility

The Vermont National Guard is scheduled to break ground on a new $27 million facility for the Army Mountain Warfare School at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site here Nov. 5.

Oct. 28, 2020

Camp Ethan Allen Training Site updates Nov. training schedule

The Camp Ethan Allen Training Site has updated their schedule based on a need for increased firing times, with peak activity expected Between Nov. 1-14 and Nov. 17-20. Vermont units are on a compressed time line because of

Oct. 23, 2020

Soldiers to depart for U.S. Biathlon Pre-World Cup

Four Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers will depart next week to represent the U.S. at the Biathlon Pre-World Cup in Austria Nov. 1.

Oct. 23, 2020

Vermont ANG to conduct night flying operations

The Vermont Air National Guard will begin night flying operations Oct. 27-30, with takeoffs occurring between 5-7 p.m. and landings occurring around 8-10 p.m.

Oct. 1, 2020

Vermont Soldiers named to National Guard marathon team

Two Vermont National Guard soldiers earned spots on the elite All-Guard Marathon Team during a trial race in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sept. 20.

Sept. 22, 2020

15th CST to conduct exercise Sept. 23

The Vermont National Guard's 15th Civil Support Team is scheduled to conduct exercises as part of an evaluation near the Enosburg Falls Armory Sept. 23.

Sept. 10, 2020

Vermont ANG to conduct night flying operations

The 158th Fighter Wing is scheduled to conduct F-35 night flying Sept. 15-17, with additional night operations Sept. 22-24.

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TAG's State of the Guard - April 2025

The above YouTube video link may not work on all government computers. Read the transcript of MG Gregory Knight's full State of the Guard here.

National Guard News
Soldiers from the 168th Military Police Battalion pose for a photograph at the U.S. Southern Border during their deployment supporting the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley Sector near Edinburg, Texas—photo by the Tennessee National Guard.
Tennessee Guard Unit Returns from Southern Border Mission
By Tennessee National Guard | Nov. 26, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nearly 50 Guardsmen with the 168th Military Police Battalion recently completed a yearlong deployment to the U.S. southern border. For the past 12 months, these Tennessee National Guardsmen were...

Tennessee National Guard Soldiers Spc. Johnathan Bradley, Spc. Hannah Cole, Private 1st Class Evan Gore, Spc. Kaitlynn Pope, Spc. Laredo Hixson, and Spc. Joshua Hodges provided immediate medical aid to two victims of a car crash on Interstate 40 near the Appling Farms Road exit in Memphis, Nov. 14. Photo by Spc. Landon Evans.
Off-Duty Tennessee Guard Soldiers Provide Life-Saving Aid
By Tennessee National Guard | Nov. 25, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Six Soldiers with the Tennessee Army National Guard who support the Memphis Safe Task Force provided immediate medical aid to two victims of a car crash on Interstate 40 near the Appling Farms Road exit in...

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nathan Shea, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations officer at the Fort Indiantown Gap UAS facility, operates a first-person-view, or FPV, drone on Sept. 2, 2025, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Photo by Brad Rhen.
Taking Flight: Pennsylvania Guard Expanding Drone Usage
By Brad Rhen, | Nov. 24, 2025
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – In a small aircraft hangar on the east end of the post, a makeshift obstacle course has been built primarily from leftover construction material such as wood and polyvinyl chloride, or PVC,...