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  • Vermont Guard highlights women in military to preschoolers

    COLCHESTER, Vt. – Guardswomen with the Vermont National Guard showcased military uniforms and equipment at a virtual book reading for children at a daycare center March 18 as part of Women’s History Month.Army Staff Sgt. Trisha Emmons, a human resources NCO with Garrison Support Command’s Medical

  • Vermont Guard shifts from COVID-19 testing to vaccination

    BURLINGTON, Vt. – The combined Vermont Air and Army National Guard group comprising Task Force Coyote transitioned March 3 from COVID-19 testing to vaccinating the public.Supporting the Vermont Department of Health, 32 Vermont National Guard Soldiers and Airmen helped direct, register and vaccinate

  • Vermont National Guard delivers 2nd vaccine doses

    COLCHESTER, Vt. – The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine might kick you in the pants, but it won’t turn you into a fish or give you superpowers.Medics with the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Medical Group delivered first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 3 while answering questions

  • Airmen honor Vermont’s oldest living veteran

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Honor is a word ingrained into the ethos of men and women who have ever served in the U.S. military. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that when Airmen of the 158th Fighter Wing learned that Vermont’s oldest living veteran, 106-year-old Lenny Roberge, wanted to visit the

  • Vermont Guard tops 50,000 COVID-19 test kits assembled

    BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Air National Guard undertook a new mission early this year, assembling COVID-19 test kits for the Vermont Department of Health and distributing them to VDH district offices, pop-up test sites and primary care physicians across the state. On July 20, seven Airmen began

  • Northern Lightning: Vermont Guard Airmen train in Wisconsin

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Airmen, aircraft and support equipment from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, began departing Aug. 3 to train at the Volk Field Air National Guard base in Wisconsin.The two-week Northern Lightning exercise will be conducted in a joint training environment,

  • Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – On May 6, six pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, stepped into the brisk morning sun and approached their F-35 Lightning IIs.That morning, six F-35s launched to train for a large force exercise flying mission – and it just so happened