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July 27, 2016

Vigilant Guard 2016

After three years of planning the Vigilant Guard 2016 exercise began in earnest July 27, 2016 at the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington International Airport, South Burlington, Vt. Service members received mock Strategic National Stockpile supplies to respond with medical counter measures during a simulated emergency. Dr. Harry L. Chen, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, U.S. Air Force Maj. General Steven Cray, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard, and Christopher Herrick, the director of the Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, spoke about the role of their respective organizations during the training and how that would transfer to a real-life disaster scenario. The event is a starting point of more to come during Vigilant Guard 2016.

June 1, 2016

2016 TAG Match more than a competition

Pop-up targets teach guardsmen to, keep their head on a swivel, notice and react to fast changes in their environment. It is important to be able to react quickly, being able to locate a target, find a location on a map, getting an aircraft into the air.

May 14, 2016

Recruit Sustainment Company trains with other units

The Recruit Sustainment Program is the first step into military life for most National Guardsmen. The program is designed to teach Soldiers basic level tasks to make them successful in Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. To further that effort, the cadre and commanders of the Recruit Sustainment Company attempt to involve other units in their training.

April 29, 2016

VTNG Conducts Simulated Search and Rescue Operations

Vermont National Guard Soldiers and Airmen perform rescue and escort operations training.

April 24, 2016

Recruit Sustainment Program prepares Soldiers

For many Soldiers, basic training is a pivotal starting point in their military career. In basic training, recruits are taught how to be a Soldier in the U.S. Army and are prepared mentally and physically for their careers. Not everyone makes it through basic training; those who don't are called "training pipeline losses."

April 2, 2016

Aviation conducts domestic operations training

Hurricane Irene affected many states on the East Coast including Vermont in 2011. The storm caused flooding and was responsible for an estimated $6.5 billion in total losses in the United States according to the National Weather Service. The National Guard was prepared for the disaster, and in response thousands of National Guard Soldiers and Airmen swiftly mobilized to support civilian authorities.

Oct. 7, 2014

Vermont's adjutant general says Macedonian partnership remains strong

Returning from the Vermont National Guard’s State Partnership country, Macedonia, Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, the adjutant general, was extremely optimistic about the future of the partnership and the tri-lateral engagement between Macedonia, Vermont and Senegal, Vermont’s other State Partnership country.

Aug. 13, 2013

N. Macedonian army conducts combined training with 186th BSB

Members of the North Macedonian army are training through combined operations with the 186th Brigade Support Battalion here, from Aug. 4 and scheduled to stay until Aug. 19.

June 27, 2012

Cooperative Lancer 2012

About 40 members of the Vermont Army National Guard joined a dozen other countries in the former Yugoslav Republic of North Macedonia in May for a two-week long NATO exercise that was designed to enhance interoperability between participating countries. Named Cooperative Lancer and Longbow, the Vermont Army National Guard  members worked with fellow military men and women from more than a dozen NATO countries and NATO-partner countries. Vermont has had a good relationship with North Macedonia via the State Partnership Program since 1993 which has fostered close ties between the two groups.

May 30, 2010

'Always a Step Ahead' - Macedonia Rangers partner with Task Force Avalanche in Paktya

True to their motto "Always a step ahead," the soldiers of the Ranger Battalion of the Macedonian army are forging new ground with their U.S. partners from the Vermont Army National Guard in the National Guard's State Partnership for Peace Program.

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U.S. Air Force pilots and boom operators with the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, in front of a KC-46A Pegasus at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 2023. Left to right: pilot 1st Lt. Ashwin Deshpande; boom operators Staff Sgt. Nicole Stephenson and Tech. Sgt. Patrick Tracy; pilot Maj. Scott Mixdorf; boom operator Tech. Sgt. Bill Vigilante; pilots Maj. Bobby Pico, Col. Bill Liess, Lt. Col. Johann Hintz, and Capt. Brandon Johnson; boom operators Tech. Sgt. Christopher Howe, Master Sgt. Brian Kelly, and Master Sgt. Alissa Anderson.
New Jersey Air Guard Flies KC-46 Pegasus Sortie
By Mark Olsen, | Oct. 4, 2023
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - The 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron officially flew its first KC-46 Pegasus local sortie Oct. 3.The mission included 16 pilots, boom operators and crew chiefs with the 141st...

Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s adjutant general, presents Lt. Gen. Tsanko Stoykov, Bulgaria’s deputy chief of defense, with a plaque marking the 30-year partnership between the Tennessee National Guard and the Bulgarian Armed Forces in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 28, 2023.
Tennessee Guard, Bulgaria Celebrate 30-Year Partnership
By Capt. Kealy Moriarty, | Oct. 4, 2023
SOFIA, Bulgaria - To mark three decades of cooperation as one of the original partners in the State Partnership Program, the Tennessee National Guard and the Bulgarian Armed Forces held more than 30 bilateral engagements...

Nebraska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kevin Nelson, right, assistant jumpmaster, inspects a parachute worn by Capt. Ben Jochum, 2-134th Infantry Battalion (Airborne) logistics officer, in preparation for a static line jump Sept. 29, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. Twenty-eight paratroopers of the Nebraska Army National Guard's 2-134th Infantry Battalion (Airborne) completed the jump from a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 144th Airlift Squadron, 176th Wing.
Nebraska Army Guard, Alaska Air Guard Team Up for Training
By Maj. Scott Ingalsbe, | Oct. 3, 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. - Twenty-eight Soldiers serving in the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 2-134th Infantry Battalion (Airborne) jumped from a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard during training Sept...

Alaska Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Oliver Meza, Bravo Company first sergeant, brings the formation to attention during a deployment ceremony for B Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, at the Alaska National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 29, 2023. Approximately 100 Soldiers are deploying to the Middle East for nine months to support Operation Spartan Shield.
Alaska National Guardsmen Prepare for Middle East Deployment
By Balinda ONeal, | Oct. 3, 2023
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Approximately 100 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, are deploying to Kuwait in November as part of Operation Spartan...

Members of the Utah Air National Guard and the Utah National Guard's Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team train together at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City Sept. 20.
Utah Army, Air Guard Train in Joint Preparedness Exercise
By Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Perez, | Oct. 2, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY - Members of the Utah National Guard emergency management and weapons of mass destruction civil support teams trained together in a preparedness exercise at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base Sept...