National Guard blocked off the area, enabling dump trucks to remove material from the protest site. The guardsmen withdrew the next day. Following the 28 May 1998 killing of Cortez police officer Dale Claxton and wounding of two fellow officers by a trio of shooters, the Colorado National Guard assisted in the over 500-man, 17-helicopter manhunt that sprawled across the canyons and uranium mines of the Four Corners region. The bodies of all three criminals would be discovered in the region, with Jason McVean the last found in southeastern Utah nine years later in 2007. Twenty-first century During World War II, the well-known 10th Mountain Division had been stationed and trained at Camp Hale, just outside Leadville. Following the war's end, the unit was demobilized at Camp Carson in 1945. It was reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1948, then moved to Würzburg, Germany, in 1954, and deactivated again at Fort Benning, Georgia. It was reactivated more permanently out of Fort Drum, New York, in 1985. Partially in order to reestablish the 10th Mountain Division's relationship with Colorado, the 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain) of the Colorado Army National Guard was put under the 10th Mountain Division in 2016, making 1-157 one of only three mountain infantry battalions in the Army. Despite the reintroduction of an infantry unit, the lineage of the historic Colorado infantry follows through the 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, the Colorado National Guard and Colorado State Patrol helped staff testing facilities. With the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020, Brigadier General Scott Sherman was placed in charge of distribution of vaccines in the state. Due to security concerns, Colorado State Patrol were assigned to protect shipments. As part of Operation Spartan Shield–a general U.S. military effort in the Middle East, including in Syria–roughly 70 members of A Company of the 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment became the first Colorado National Guard infantry deployment since World War II. Departing in late January 2021, the unit joined elements of the Vermont National Guard, aligned with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Prior to the deployment, "Attack Company" received training from the 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade of Fort Carson. Units Army National Guard The Colorado Army National Guard is currently composed of a variety of units, including the 169th Field Artillery Brigade (of which the 157th Field Artillery Regiment