In this 30-minute documentary VPR’s Steve Zind takes us on patrols with the Vermont Guard and to police training sessions in Afghanistan to learn how soldiers carried out their complex mission and how they view the prospects for success.
In this 30-minute documentary VPR’s Steve Zind takes us on patrols with the Vermont Guard and to police training sessions in Afghanistan to learn how soldiers carried out their complex mission and how they view the prospects for success.
Today we mark Veteran’s Day with a profile of one of the Vermont Guard Soldiers preparing to return home from Afghanistan, Specialist Corinne Vintinner.
Captain David Fabricius of North Rupert is stationed at Camp Phoenix in Kabul. He spends all his time on base overseeing a staff of seven working on administrative duties.
Lieutenant Laura Cook of Castleton talks with VPR’s Steve Zind in about her reason for joining the military and the challenges of communicating with family and loved ones during her deployment in Afghanistan.
VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with reporter Steve Zind about what he learned while traveling and living with Vermont soldiers in several parts of Afghanistan.
It’s no secret that soldiers count the days until the end of their deployment. But one Vermont company has a more formal way of keeping track of the time left in Afghanistan.
In
Afghanistan, many Vermont Guard soldiers are cautiously optimistic that
a new counter insurgency strategy and better trained Afghan security forces
will pave the way for the eventual departure of combat troops.