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The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

May 3, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Sgt. David Paquette

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. David Paquette, an 88M truck driver with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is also a native of Essex, Vt. Paquette and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

Sgt. 1st Class Mark Jones, infantryman, Army Mountain Warfare School, Vermont National Guard, competes in a race.

May 3, 2018

Meet your Guard: Sgt. First Class Mark Jones

CAMP JOHNSON, Vt. — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. 1st Class Mark D. Jones, an 11B infantryman with the Army Mountain Warfare School, who is also a native of Allentown, Pa., currently living in Milton, Vt. Jones ran in the Lincoln National Guard marathon.

Capt. Dan Davis, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), Vermont Army National Guard, runs in a marathon.

May 3, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Capt. Dan Davis

LINCOLN, Neb. — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Capt. Dan Davis, a 67J aeromedical evacuation officer, with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126 Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), who is also a native of Columbus, Ohio, and currently lives in Essex, Vt. Davis ran in the Lincoln National Guard Marathon.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 26, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Capt. Loren Gosselin

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Capt. Loren Gosselin, a 12A engineer officer, with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (MountaIn), who is also a native of St. Albans, Vt., and currently living in Jamesville, N.Y. Gosselin worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 21, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Spc. Jordan Hale

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Spc. Jordan Hale, a 12N Equipment Operator with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is also a native of Fairfield, Vt. Hale and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 21, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Staff Sgt. Andralee M. Strassner

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Staff Sgt. Andralee M. Strassner, a 12W carpentry and masonry specialist with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is also a native of Raymond, N.H. Strassner and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 21, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Reed

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Reed, a 120A construction engineering technician with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is also a native of Hyde Park, Vt., currently living in Morrisville. Reed and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 20, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Sgt. John (Jack) Curtis

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. John (Jack) Curtis, a 12N horizontal construction engineer with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is a native of Carlisle, Pa., and now lives in Essex Junction, Vt. Curtis and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 20, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Doner

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Doner, a 12H construction supervisor with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is also a native of Underhill, Vt., currently living in Starksboro. Doner and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 20, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Sgt. John Medenwald

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. John Medenwald, a 12N equipment operator with Detachment 1, Garrison Support Command, who is also a native of Amery, Wis., and currently lives in North Ferribugh, Vt. Medenwald and his unit worked with the Senegalese Army to build and repair a firing range in Senegal.

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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.

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Colorado Army National Guard crew chiefs U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Wade Shore (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Hubbard (right), High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, perform maintenance on their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, in Gypsum, Colorado, July 23, 2025. Both Soldiers participated in a dangerous nighttime rescue that set the record for the highest hoist ever conducted in Colorado, saving two hikers who had become caught in a storm and were struck by lightning. The crew flew at approximately 14,200 feet above sea level, beating the previous record of around 13,700 feet by a military aircraft in Colorado.
Colorado National Guard Aircrew Breaks Record for Hoist Rescue
By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh, | July 25, 2025
GYPSUM, Colo. – Members of a Colorado Army National Guard Black Hawk aircrew tested their skill and pushed their helicopter’s performance to its limits during a dangerous nighttime rescue that set the record for the highest...
An Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter repairer assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, does in-flight inspections during a flight to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 14, 2025. The operation highlighted collaboration between Army and Air National Guard units, strengthening inter-branch coordination that is essential for mission success in both domestic and deployed settings.
178th Wing Scores in Top 5% of Total Force in Combat Readiness Inspection
By Shane Hughes, | July 24, 2025
SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIR GUARD STATION, Ohio - The Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing scored in the top 5% of all Air Force wings in a Combat Readiness Inspection completed July 17 at the Springfield-Beckley Air National...
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard participate in a radio communications knowledge exchange with Djiboutian soldiers at the Djiboutian signal corps compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, July 14, 2025. The State Partnership Program conducts military-to-military engagements in support of U.S. defense and security goals, facilitating cooperation across all levels of international civil-military affairs, and encouraging relationship building at the state level.
Kentucky Guard, Djibouti Military Partner on Cyber, Radio Exchange
By Staff Sgt. Marcus Hardy-Bannerman, | July 24, 2025
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti - In the East Africa region where a single breached network can ripple across borders, Djiboutian soldiers and the Kentucky Army National Guard as well as other U.S. service members spent four focused...
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