60 Vermont Army National Guard soldiers deploy Tuesday

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — More Vermont Army National Guard soldiers are heading overseas.

WCAX-TV reports that 60 soldiers are leaving Tuesday for U.S. Central Command, which covers the Middle East.

A rendition depicts the design of the $27 million Army Mountain Warfare School, which broke ground Nov. 5, 2020, at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt. The facility is scheduled be complete in April 2022.

Vermont National Guard breaks ground on new mountain warfare school facility

The new 82,668-square-foot facility is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022.

About 950 Vermont Guard members are being deployed to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, throughout the first few months of this year as part of a larger federal mission, the news station reported.

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