VPR News Welch: Up to 1,800 troops bound for Afghanistan By VPR | February 6, 2009 The Vermont National Guard is gearing up for a deployment that could send up to 1,800 soldiers to Afghanistan by year’s end.
VPR News Army Guard prepares for two new hurricanes By Ross Sneyd | September 4, 2008 Thirty-one members of the Vermont Air National Guard left the state Wednesday morning to help people on the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Gustav.
VPR News Vermont Air Guard to head to Gulf Coast today By VPR | September 3, 2008 A contingent of Vermont Air National Guard members is expected to leave this morning for hurricane relief duty in Louisiana.