Vermont National Guard

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Vermont National Guard (the Green Mountain Boys)
The original Green Mountain Boys’ infantry flag, later adopted as the flag of the Vermont Republic, is still used today by the Vermont National Guard.
Active	1764-10-24 (original formation), 1791 (becomes an American unit)
Country	United States
Type	National Guard
Colors	Green, gold and blue
Battles/wars	Gettysburg, St. Albans
Commanders
Notable commanders	Martha Rainville

The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys, despite the inclusion of women in both branches since the mid-twentieth century. Both units use the original flag of the Vermont Republic as their banner.

[edit] Vermont National Guard units

[edit] Army Guard (86th Brigade)

• 86th Troop Command
  • 3rd Battalion - 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain)
  • 1st Battalion - 103rd Aviation Regiment
  • 131st Engineering (CSE) Company
  • 40th Army Band
  • U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
  • 114th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
  • 124th Regional Support Command
  • 86th Medical Company (Air Ambulance)
  • Detachment 27, OP SPT Airlift Command
  • Detachment 1, 42nd MP Company
  • 206th MLRS Ordnance Detachment
  • 15th Civil Support Team

Vermont National Guard members supporting Operation Rising Phalanx stand with the U.S., Macedonian, and Green Mountain Boy Battleflag in the Republic of Macedonia.

• 172nd Armor Regiment (M1 Abrams tanks)
  • 1st Battalion – In 1998, this unit mastered tank table 12 which measures how well a platoon of four tanks can maneuver and engage targets as a team. (Army National Guard armor units are only required to qualify on tank table 8, which measures individual tank skills)
  • 2nd Battalion – This unit mastered tank table 12 the year before (in 1997).

• 1st Battalion - 86th Field Artillery

[edit] Air Guard (158th Fighter Wing)

From 1989 to 1997, the fighter wing was an Air Defense Unit, with aircraft on 5-minute alert, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

• 134th Fighter Squadron
• 158th Operations Support Flight

[edit] External links

• Vermont National Guard
• Vermont Air National Guard

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