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U.S. Army and Canadian Soldiers practiced and conducted tactical insertion on an open ice skiway delivered by an LC-130 Hercules skiplane of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, on frozen oceanic Arctic ice near Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, March 15, 2023.

U.S. and Canadian Soldiers and U.S. Airmen participated in Guerrier Nordique 23 in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada from March 6 to March 20, 2023. U.S. Soldiers and Airmen consisted mainly of National Guard units from Connecticut, New Hampshire, Utah, New York, and Vermont. U.S. Army active duty Soldiers came from the 11th Airborne Division out of Fairbanks, Alaska. Canadian Soldiers came mainly from the 35th Canadian Brigade Group. Guerrier Nordique is an annual training exercise hosted by the Canadians in different locations each year. The training usually focuses on domestic emergencies and responses. For the first time this year, the focus of the exercise focused on military tactics and lethality.

Tactical Insertion in the Arctic, First of Its Kind

By Capt. Mikel Arcovitch | March 17, 2023

Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian Soldiers were tactically inserted by way of an LC-130 Hercules on Arctic Ocean ice just east of Little Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada, during exercise Guerrier Nordique 23 on March 15,...

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Yuknis, cavalry scout for B Troop, 172nd Cavalry Squadron (MTN), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (MTN), Vermont Army National Guard, poses for a photograph prior to tactical insertion training at the airfield in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, March 14, 2023.

U.S. and Canadian Soldiers conducted tactical insertion and recovery on LC-130's from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing. Two Skibirds landed on the Arctic ice just outside of Little Cornwallis Island.

Can't Get Enough Gurrier Nordique

By Capt. Mikel Arcovitch | March 15, 2023

2023 marks U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Yuknis' second visit to the northern most location for the Canadian hosted exercise, Guirrier Nordique. Active duty Soldiers form the 11th Airborne DIvision and National Guard Soldiers...

Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers train for their Hazardous Materials Operations Level at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont, on January 22. The Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Assistance Support Element (CASE) is now open to all Vermont National Guard Soldiers regardless of military occupational specialty or duty location. The CASE is a 200-person element with Vermont providing 100 Soldiers, and Massachusetts providing the other

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The Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Assistance Support Element (CASE) is now open to all Vermont National Guard Soldiers

By Sgt. 1st Class Jason Alvarez | Feb. 9, 2023

The Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Assistance Support Element (CASE) is now open to all Vermont National Guard Soldiers regardless of military occupational specialty or duty location. The CASE is a 200-person...

President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal hosts Army Maj. Gen. Greg Knight, adjutant general, Vermont National Guard, Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2022. Senegal and Vermont are partnered in the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jim Greenhill)

Vermont Adjutant General meets with President of State Partner Senegal

By Marcus Tracy | Dec. 16, 2022

Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, adjutant general of Vermont, and a delegation of the Vermont National Guard met with the President of Senegal and the African Union in Washington D.C. on December 12...

Burlington, Vermont- U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Greg Knight, Vermont Adjutant General, is honored with the “Friend of Broadcasters Award” at the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Awards Banquet in Burlington Vermont, December 3rd. Knight has embraced speaking to the media on a regular basis.

Knight explained that “It’s a validation of the work that we do with the Vermont Association of Broadcasters and all of our media partners and the outreach that’s a part of that. They’re critical for us in sharing the Guard’s story, to be acknowledged for the work that we’re doing is pretty incredible. We do not want to be Vermont's best kept secret, and our media has helped in this endeavor.

Vermont Adjutant General Receives Award From Association of Broadcasters

By Sgt. 1st Class Jason Alvarez | Dec. 5, 2022

Vermont Air National Guard Master Sgt. Travis Voyer added to an award-winning year of Vermont National Guardsmen biathletes by being named the U.S. Biathlon Coach of the Year...