Deployment Starts For Vermont Guard Soldiers

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Vermont National Guard soldiers headed to Afghanistan will start departing this weekend for training in Louisiana.

On Sunday, 300 Guard members will fly to Fort Polk, Louisiana. Another 600 soldiers will depart on Oct. 30 and 31.

Most of the soldiers will return to Vermont in mid-November before their deployment to Afghanistan later this year.

About 1,500 Vermont National Guard members are to be deployed. It will be the largest call-up of National Guard soldiers since World War II.

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