DescriptionVermont National Guard Soldiers compete in Austria (6854005).jpg |
English: Soldiers from the Army Mountain Warfare School, 124th Regional Training Institute, Vermont Army National Guard, compete in the Edelweiss Raid, an international military mountaineering competition in Absam, Austria, Feb. 02, 2019. Renowned as the most difficult military mountaineering competition in the world, the Vermont National Guard soldiers placed 13th as a team comprised of mountaineers from across the country out of a field of 23, marking the first time a team has completed the two day competition in their first year of participation. (U.S. Army Photo by Maj. Nathan Fry) |