Connecticut National Guard

CTNG helps unveil burial marker for Civil War Soldier, parents’ refurbished gravestone
June 21, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard funeral honors team assisted with the unveiling of a new burial marker for Pvt. Stephen Newton, a soldier assigned to the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment during a celebration of life event for the Newton family at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut June 21, 2024... MORE

CTNG Soldier’s business raises more than $70k for fallen state trooper’s family
June 11, 2024 — A local business, co-founded by a Connecticut National Guard soldier, has raised more than $70,000 for the family of Connecticut State Trooper Aaron Pelletier who was killed in the line of duty on May 30, 2024... MORE

Remains of fallen WWII Airman returns home after 80 years
June 7, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard funeral honors team provided an honorable transfer for the repatriated remains of U.S. Army Air Corps Tech Sgt. Kenneth J. McKeeman, a radio operator who served with the 724th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force, in the European Theater during World War II, at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. May 31, 2024... MORE

D-Day Squadron Travels Over 3,000 Miles, Crosses Atlantic Ocean to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of D-Day
June 6, 2024 — On May 15, five WWII era transport planes landed at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut. The aircraft, part of the D-Day Squadron’s 2024 Legacy Tour, consolidated at the airport then departed for Europe to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, the first step in the Allied liberation of Western Europe, and the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift... MORE

Connecticut Army National Guard Hosts First ever Infantry Day
June 1, 2024 — STONES RANCH, Conn. – The Connecticut Army National Guard hosted its first-ever Infantry Day Open House at Stones Ranch Military Reservation to experience a day in the boots of an infantryman, June 1, 2024... MORE

Connecticut National Guard hosts first-ever Infantry Day

Connecticut World War I Soldier posthumously receives Purple Heart
May 24, 2024 — A Connecticut National Guard Soldier assigned to Company M, 102nd Infantry Regiment, who perished in World War I posthumously received the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the Guilford town green May 24, 2024, more than 100 years after his death... MORE

New York, Connecticut Soldiers are Regional Best Warriors
May 20, 2024 — New York and Connecticut National Guard Soldiers took the top slots in the regional Best Warrior Competition that concluded in lower Manhattan May 16... MORE

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Peter Fillion, an infantryman assigned to Charlie Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, lobs a simulation grenade during the 2024 Region I Best Warrior Competition on Camp Smith, New York, May 14, 2024. Soldiers threw grenades in six scenarios during the event, one of many taskings during the four-day competition.

Connecticut National Guard hosts “Our Community Salutes” high school enlistee recognition ceremony
May 18, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard hosted the “Our Community Salutes” high school enlistee recognition ceremony at the Gov. William A. O’Neill State Armory, here, May 18, 2023... MORE

Ruckey named Region 1’s Best NCO
May 16, 2024 — Connecticut will once again represent the New England Region in the National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition after Staff Sgt. Curtis Ruckey, a recruiter with 6th Recruiting and Retention Battalion, won the Region 1 BWC non-commissioned officer category on May 16, 2024... MORE

103rd ACS Makes History with First Cloud-Based Radar/Radio Connection using TOC-L
May 15, 2024 — U.S. Airmen assigned to the 103rd Air Control Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, made history as the first National Guard unit to successfully deploy and execute a cloud-based radar and radio connection of the Tactical Operations System-Lite (TOC-L) during exercise Sentry Savannah May 15, 2024... MORE