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Adjutant General urges tax and education changes, outlines recruiting initiatives to fill hundreds of vacancies
Summary
Major General Knight told legislators the Guard needs about 800 new members to reach desired strength and outlined recruiting efforts targeting prior‑service personnel, employer partnerships and changes to benefits — including a proposal to reduce taxes on military pensions and to codify an education benefit that sunsets in July 2025.
Major General Knight, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard, told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee the Guard is short roughly 800 personnel and outlined several recruitment and retention initiatives legislators could help advance.
Knight said the Guard has about 3,700 members: roughly 1,100 in the Air National Guard and 2,600 in the Army National Guard. "I need 100 more to round out my Air National Guard. I need about 700 more to round out the Army Guard to become whole," he said, describing recruiting as "the long pole in the tent."
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