Connecticut National Guard

Connecticut National Guard appoints first female Command Chief Warrant Officer
November 3, 2024 — The Connecticut Army National Guard hosted its Chief Command Warrant Officer change of responsibility ceremony between outgoing Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Erkson and incoming Chief Warrant Officer 4 Stephanie Richard at the Gov. William A. O’Neill Armory in Hartford, Conn. Nov. 3, 2024... MORE

Connecticut National Guard Assists with Hawthorne Brush Fire
November 1, 2024 — Forty aviators, firefighters, and support personnel from the Connecticut National Guard were activated to assist local and state emergency personnel with containing a brush fire that has consumed more than 120 acres of wildlife on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin and Meriden, Connecticut on Oct. 23, 2024... MORE

CTNG assists with the interment of three unclaimed veteran cremains
October 16, 2024 — 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 three Connecticut veterans at the state veteran’s cemetery, here, Oct. 16, 2024... MORE

Connecticut National Guard hosts 4th annual Cyber Nutmeg exercise
October 9, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard and Connecticut Education Network (CEN) hosted the 4th annual Cyber Nutmeg in Hartford on October 9, 2024... MORE

Connecticut National Guard Aids in Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in North Carolina
October 2, 2024 — At the request of North Carolina officials, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont approved the mobilization of the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment... MORE

CTNG hosts topping-off ceremony for new Putnam Readiness Center
September 17, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard hosted a topping-off ceremony for the new Putnam Readiness Center, which is scheduled to open next year, Sept. 23, 2024... MORE

Civil leaders tour Connecticut National Guard facilities, flies Connecticut’s skies
August 28, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard recently hosted several community leaders and state agencies to highlight its role as "Connecticut’s Home Team" and its commitment to supporting both the state and the nation... MORE

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