By: Neal Goswami for WCAX, Mar. 12, 2019 VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) A group of anti-F-35 activists say the military may send nuclear weapons to Vermont if the new jet is based here. Many in the group have opposed the pending arrival of the new Air Force jets. Now they’ve launched a new group […]
Editor’s note: This commentary is by retired Air Force Col. Rosanne Greco, who is a candidate for adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard. She spent 30 years on active duty in the Air Force, and is a former chair of the South Burlington City Council and a member of Save Our Skies VT. Mutually […]
By: Mark Johnson for VTDigger, Feb. 6, 2019 Four candidates seeking to be the next leader of the Vermont National Guard touted their credentials before a group of lawmakers on Tuesday, with all promising reforms that would help women gain more leadership roles and face fewer cases of sexual harassment or assault. Retired Col. Rosanne […]
By: Kit Norton for VTDigger, Feb. 5, 2019 Retired Col. Rosanne Greco formally announced her candidacy to become Vermont’s next adjutant general Tuesday morning in a brief press conference in which she promised reform of the organization and continued opposition to its next major mission. Greco’s candidacy — reported Friday by VTDigger — means a […]
By: Jess Aloe for Burlington Free Press, Feb. 4, 2019 This story has been updated to include Rosanne Greco, who announced her plans to run for Adjutant General Monday morning. MONTPELIER — The Legislature will choose the next leader of the Vermont National Guard later this month. The newly-appointed senior uniformed officer will shepherd the Guard […]
By: Kevin McCallum for SevenDays, Feb. 4, 2019 A vocal critic of the decision to base F-35 fighter jets in Vermont announced Monday that she will seek the position of adjutant general. Rosanne Greco, a retired Air Force colonel and former chair of the South Burlington City Council, said she decided to seek the state’s […]
VTDigger Commentary, August 22, 2018 Editor’s note: This commentary is by Phil Hammerslough, a Burlington resident since 1969. A year from September the first of the F-35 jets are supposed to arrive (that is if they gets the bugs out). Even though Burlingtonians have voted to keep the F-35s away, the Air National Guard is […]
By Sue Prent for Green Mountain Daily, August 14, 2018 Jasper Craven deserves kudos for his well-researched and insightful look (Vermont Digger, April 13) into political forces driving the rather incongruous choice of Burlington Airport for the Air National Guard’s F-35 program.. With three surrounding cities opposing the F-35 plan, a considerable grassroots opposition force, […]
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