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Vermont National Guard briefs committee on deployments, recruiting challenges and $7 million general-fund request
Summary
Brig. Gen. Henry Hardler and finance director Kim Fedeli briefed the committee on international deployments, recruiting shortfalls, facility needs and a roughly $7 million general‑fund request for the Vermont National Guard.
Brigadier General Henry "Hank" Hardler, deputy adjutant general for the Vermont National Guard, and Kim Fedeli, finance director for the military department, briefed the committee on personnel deployments, recruiting and retention challenges, facility needs and the Guard's budget request.
Hardler said roughly 300 airmen were deployed worldwide at the time of the briefing, including about 275 assigned with F‑35 aircraft to Kadena Air Base in Japan as part of a scheduled theater security deployment. Another group of about 66 airmen were serving on a six‑month reserve component deployment that began in October, with most expected to return by April. Guard members were also participating in…
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