More than 100 Vermont Guard soldiers to deploy Wednesday
March 9, 2021
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) More than 100 Vermont National Guard soldiers will be deploying to multiple locations on Wednesday.
The soldiers are mostly from the 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion and the 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry (Mountain), the Guard said.
They will be going to multiple locations across the U.S. Africa command, the Guard said, but did not specify where.
The deployment is anticipated to last about a year, said Maj. Scott Detweiler, the acting state public affairs officer for the Vermont National Guard.
“These soldiers have been preparing for over a year as part of about 950 Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers deploying across U.S. European, U.S. African and U.S. Central Commands throughout the first half of 2021,” the Guard said in a news release.
Duty Calls:Clifton Park resident advances to major general
Terry Brown
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Army Major General John Andonie s daughter s Rachel, left, and Elizabeth pin the second star on Andonie s shoulders during his promotion ceremony at New York Army National Guard headquarters in Latham on Jan. 22, 2021. Andonie, a Clifton Park resident, has been serving in the New York National Guard since 2020.U.S. Army National Guard photo by William Albrecht
COLONIE - John Andonie of Clifton Park, an Iraq war veteran, has been promoted to major general and selected to serve as the deputy director, second in command, of the Army National Guard, which consists of 336,000 soldiers in the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia.