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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Partnership Signing

Left to right, Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, Vermont’s Adjutant General, U.S. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of National Guard Bureau, Klaudia Tanner, Federal Minister of Defense of Austria and Lt. Gen. Erich Csitkovits, Training Director and Commandant, National Defence Academy, sign letters of intent between the Vermont National Guard and Austria at a signing ceremony in Vienna, Austria, July 19, 2022. This marks the third state partnership for the Vermont National Guard, which includes partnerships with North Macedonia since 1993 and Senegal since 2008.

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