<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0dgOsV_1H5uHvgZ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0dgOsV_1H5uHvgZ00" width="1200" height="600" >SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Some Vermont National Guard members returned Saturday night from a deployment in Germany, where families waited in cold rain to welcome them home.Families had waited nearly a year, around 70 soldiers came home this time, and more are expected to return Sunday.Only half the group returned Saturday. Friday’s nationwide ground stop disrupted air traffic into Saturday and delayed their arrival.Eva Poro of St. Albans said she was not worried about the delay.“I wasn’t too worried because the military finds a way one way or another,” Poro said.It is Poro’s second time waiting for her husband to come home. While he was gone, they had virtual date nights every Saturday.“Spending a lot of time with him, being clingy. I told him I was going to be clingy so he better just suck it up,” Poro said.For the Roberge family, waiting for a soldier to come home is a familiar experience. Melissa Roberge of Burlington said her husband served 20 years in the 131st, engineers.This time, the family is waiting for their son, Jacob Roberge, on his first deployment.“Jake was, this was his first deployment and my husband served twenty years in the 131st, engineers,” Melissa Roberge said.Jacob Roberge carried his father’s pewter coin, which is engraved with a world map. Melissa Roberge said a friend gave her husband the coin when he deployed to Iraq, and he kept it on every mission.“So, when Jake heard about his deployment, my husband presented Jake with his coin that kept him safe the whole time he was gone,” she said.Jacob Roberge was deployed to Germany to train Ukrainian soldiers.Maj. Gen. Henry Harder of the Vermont National Guard said the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will be the last group of Guard units training Ukrainians.“Our unit, the 86th infantry brigade combat team is going to be the last group of guard units training Ukrainians to combat Russian aggression,” Harder said.Harder said his troops learned from the Ukrainians, too.“This is a big drone conflict so the Ukrainians have the most recent combat experience with that so it was a two way street,” Harder said.</div></body>

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Some Vermont National Guard members returned Saturday night from a deployment in Germany, where families waited in cold rain to welcome them home. Families had waited nearly a year, around 70 soldiers came home this time, and more are expected to return Sunday. Only half...

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Some Vermont National Guard members returned Saturday night from a deployment in Germany, where families waited in cold rain

Vermont Army National Guard members return from Germany

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