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The US Army National Guard and the RSLF conducted training exercises at the Royal Saudi Land Forces Mountain Warfare School, in Saudi Arabia.

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Following the deployments of nearly 1,000 soldiers from the Vermont National Guard earlier this year, more than 100 returned home safely on Thursday.

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont National Guard says some of its soldiers are helping evacuate people from Afghanistan. The guard says a small contingent of soldiers from units of the Vermont-based 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this month where they are supporting security operations at the Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Sat, 02/06/2021 - 1:19pm -- tim Vermont Business Magazine About 350 Soldiers primarily from the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, as well as about 200 additional soldiers from New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Colorado will deploy to multiple locations across US Central Command as part of Task Force Avalanche. When: Sunday, February 07, 2021; beginning 09:30 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Where: Jericho Readiness Center,...

The Vermont National Guard, which will see more soldiers serving overseas missions this year than in any other in more than a decade, held a send-off ceremony Friday for a few hundred members who will soon depart for duty. Task Force Avalanche is on its way to U.S. Central Command in the Middle East. “You’re the tip of the spear...

9 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain), 86th Brigade Infantry Combat Team (Mountain) held a sendoff ceremony Jan. 29 at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site Parade Field in Jericho, Vermont.  About 350 Soldiers with the Vermont Army National Guard will join about 200 Soldiers from New Hampshire, Connecticut and Colorado and deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility as part of Task Force Avalanche.  “The Soldiers of the Mountain Battalion have worked very ha...