Major. Gen. Francis Evon, adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard shakes hand with Connecticut State Representative Pat Boyd following the ceremonial ground breaking at the site of the new Connecticut National Guard Readiness Center in Putnam, Conn. Oct. 28, 2022. Once this facility is completed, the Connecticut National Guard will also have a physical presence in each of the state’s five emergency planning and response regions, which are classified by the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.