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Essex, Vt. – January 8, 2010 – Another two hundred Vermont National Guard Troops from Rutland Armory’s (BSTB) Brigade Special Troops Battalion, departed today for Camp Atterbury for final theater-specific training before deploying in Afghanistan. The unit is comprised of medics, signal forces, military intelligence, and military police and combat engineers.
Vermont National Guard Sgt. Major [...]
Essex, Vt. – January 6, 2010 – The Vermont National Guard 101st Field Artillery B Battery departed today for Camp Atterbury, Indiana, for theater-specific training prior to deployment in Afghanistan. About 100 members of the Guard departed today after a ceremony at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex, Vt. Another group departs Friday when Chairman [...]
Burlington, Vt. – Six hundred soldiers with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team(Mountain) wore battle gear as they boarded a Northwest Airlines 747 airliner, Friday, October 30, in Burlington, Vermont. They are not planning on returning home again before they mobilize for duty in Afghanistan. Guard members head to Fort Polk, Louisiana for combat training and then to [...]
South Burlington, Vt. – Two hundred Vermont National Guard members and their families gathered at Sheraton Hotel Conference Center Monday, Oct. 12 to begin the process of a year-long deployment to Afghanistan starting as early as late November for some.
Commander Col. William Roy of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team explained the reason for the [...]
