AUGUST 26, 2022 – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing returned home from Germany, completing the National Guard’s first overseas deployment of the F-35A Lightning II. The eight aircraft flown by the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron left in April along with more than 200 Airmen to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The Green Mountain Boys conducted … [Read more...]

AUGUST 22, 2022 - Bulgarian Armed Forces showed off their combat lifesaving training to the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, Ms. Herro Mustafa, and key facilitators from U.S. Army Tennessee National Guard and U.S. Air Forces Europe, at the Bulgarian Military Medical Simulation Center August 10th. The event highlighted the collaborative planning between Bulgarian and U.S. Armed … [Read more...]

AUGUST 18, 2022 – The Army is converting its expeditionary signal battalions, or ESBs, to modernized ESB-Enhanced formations. Fielding them with a smaller, scalable, yet more capable network equipment set to better support today’s complex kinetic battlefield environments. The Delaware Army National Guard 198th ESB-E is the first Guard unit to be converted to an ESB-E and the … [Read more...]

AUGUST 17, 2022 - The 2022 Best Sniper Competition features 36 teams from 18 countries and challenges soldiers to test their shooting skills and work together to accomplish various sniper tasks like targeting, stalking, pistol fire and night operations. “My Dad taught me how to shoot at a very young age. I started with a simple .22 BB Gun Red Rider like everyone else. I took … [Read more...]

Sgt. Austin Morrison, Spc. Donnie Brinson, and Spc. Christopher Stockdale with the 1163rd Medical Co., 75th Troop Command help load water, food and other supplies for flood victims in Whitesburg, Ky. The Soldier are part of a point of distribution site at Letcher County Central High School. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Andy Dickson) AUGUST 15, 2022 – As flood waters … [Read more...]