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 Vermont Army Guard to Support Swift Response Exercise By Maj. J. Scott Detweiler,
                Joint Force Headquarters - Vermont National Guard Public Affairs
 COLCHESTER, Vt. – More than 120 Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers will participate in the training exercise Swift Response 22 in North Macedonia. Exercise Swift Response is an annual U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercise. This year, it’s in Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans May 2-24. “Now that North Macedonia is a part of NATO, it opens the door for them to participate in more training exercises with the U.S. and its NATO partners,” said Col. Justin Davis, Vermont National Guard director of plans and operations. As our state partner, it only increases our relationship-building between the Vermont National Guard and North Macedonia.” Vermont Soldiers participating May 11-17 will come primarily from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain). Swift Response 22 will fulfill the two-week annual training requirement for these Citizen-Soldiers. “For most of our Soldiers, it will be the first time they have trained in Europe,” said Capt. Aaron Harkness, assistant plans officer for the battalion. “The environment, terrain and training mission are different from what we have been focusing on over the last two years. It will be great for us to get back to training in a mountainous environment where we can utilize the terrain to our advantage.” Most of 3-172 IN (MTN) just returned in December from a 10-month deployment in support of U.S. Central Command, where most operations occurred in desert terrain. As part of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, the Vermont National Guard has partnered with North Macedonia since 1993 and conducts about 20 military-military engagements together each year, including a co-deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. Under the program, Vermont also established relationships with Senegal in 2008 and the Republic of Austria, just announced in October.
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