Connecticut National Guard

CTNG assists with the interment of six unclaimed veteran cremains
November 3, 2023 — The Connecticut National Guard’s funeral honors team worked alongside the state’s Department of Veteran Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association to celebrate the lives and inter the cremains of six Connecticut veterans at the state veteran’s cemetery, here, Nov. 3, 2023... MORE

Unleash Your Innovation: The Connecticut National Guard Innovation Challenge
October 25, 2023 — Innovation is the fuel that drives progress, and the Connecticut National Guard recognizes the power of ideas – big and small... MORE

Connecticut National Guard’s 6th Recruiting and Retention Battalion gets first Hispanic American Command Sergeant Major
October 24, 2023 — Master Sgt. Andres Quintero-Tarazona was promoted to the rank of Command Sergeant Major and took responsibility of the Connecticut National Guard’s 6th Recruiting and Retention Battalion from outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Lavallee during a change of responsibility ceremony at the Middletown Armed Forces Reserve Center, Middletown, Connecticut, on Oct. 20, 2023... MORE

Connecticut Guard Engineers Build Holding Area for Detainees
October 23, 2023 — FORT DRUM, New York — Soldiers push deep into enemy lines, collecting enemy prisoners of war as they go. The military police detain them and provide security over them, but where are they housed? It is our responsibility to feed them, give them water and provide shelter, as per the Geneva Convention. While the MP’s can handle those first two duties... MORE

Connecticut National Guard Engineers Build Holding Area for Military Detainees.

Connecticut Guard Soldier Donates Kidney to Save Father
October 23, 2023 — For Connecticut Army National Guard Sgt. Luis Gonzalez Jr., selfless service is not just some term to throw around. Gonzalez , 28, originally from Manchester, Connecticut, works as a retail sales consultant for AT&T in Bellingham, Massachusetts. When he is not selling cell phones, he commutes back to Connecticut to serve as a motor transport operator with the 1048th Medium Transportation Company... MORE

103rd breaks ground on new aerospace facility
October 19, 2023 — Major Gen. Francis Evon, adjutant general and commander of the Connecticut National Guard, hosted local and state legislators for a groundbreaking event at the site of the 103rd Airlift Wing’s future Aerospace Support Equipment Vehicle Maintenance Composite Facility at Bradley Air National Guard Base Oct. 16, 2023... MORE

A Comprehensive List of mental health and suicide prevention services
October 10, 2023 — According to the annual Department of Defense report on suicides, which was released in September 2023, the rate of service member death from suicide rose from 20.3 per 100,000 in 2015 to 29. In 2020. Because of this rising epidemic, the Department of Defense has made continuous efforts, including the Brandon Act, to improve the mental health care it provides its service members and reduce the stigma associated with seeking help... MORE

History of the U.S. Military's Dining-In
September 25, 2023 — The term “dining-in” derives from an old Viking tradition celebrating great battles and feasts of heroes by formal ceremony, which spread to monasteries, early-day universities and to the military when the officer's mess was established. ... MORE

MASCAL MEDEVAC: Connecticut Army Guard Medics Prove Their Capabilities during Mass Casualty Training
September 13, 2023 — Medics from the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 143rd Regional Support Group trained for a mass casualty event during their annual training in early August at Fort Drum, New York... MORE

Connecticut National Guardsmen attend Suicide Prevention Workshop
September 7, 2023 — September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month and Connecticut’s Home Team has enlisted a new group of warriors to lead the charge against suicide... MORE