{"id":46388,"date":"2021-04-25T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T16:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/25\/demolition-explosives-facility-planned-at-vermont-national-guard-site\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:46:20","slug":"demolition-explosives-facility-planned-at-vermont-national-guard-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/04\/25\/demolition-explosives-facility-planned-at-vermont-national-guard-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition, explosives facility planned at Vermont National Guard site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2014 The Vermont Army National Guard is planning to build a live-fire demolition and explosive facility at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Bolton, Jericho and Underhill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The light demolition range will create more noise at the 11,000-acre site, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burlingtonfreepress.com\/story\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/vermont-national-guard-build-demolition-range-ethan-allen-training-site-jericho-underhill-bolton\/7332385002\/\" target=_blank>Burlington Free Press<\/a> reported on Friday. Work on it is expected to start this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe proposed Light Demolition Range is a live-fire demolition and explosive facility that would meet Army specifications and allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/03\/30\/60-vermont-army-national-guard-soldiers-deploy-tuesday\/\" target=_blank>Vermont Army National Guard<\/a> units to train on the use and employment of explosives in various applications such as timber cutting, steel cutting and obstacle reduction,\u201d the Guard said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a draft environmental assessment from the town of Underhill, eight stations for demolition tasks will be created using the mountainous landscape, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having such a site in Vermont means that soldiers won\u2019t have to travel to New York for training, the Guard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/11\/08\/vermont-national-guard-breaks-ground-on-new-mountain-warfare-school-facility\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6409874.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Vermont National Guard breaks ground on new mountain warfare school facility<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The new 82,668-square-foot facility is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States Army has charged the Vermont Army National Guard to provide ready Soldiers who are prepared to fight and win anywhere in the world,\u201d Brig. 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