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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. James Hance

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. James Hance, a 12B combat engineer with Bravo Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), who is also a native of Burlington, Vt., currently living in Northfield. Hance 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.

May 3, 2018

Meet Your Guard: Sgt. 1st Class Darby Alberts

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — This edition of Meet Your Guard focuses on Sgt. 1st Class Darby Alberts, a technical engineer with Recruiting and Retention Battalion, who is also a native of South Burlington, Vt., currently living in Jericho. Alberts 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.

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.

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