Public Affairs

The Connecticut National Guard public affairs team is dedicated to bringing you accurate and timely information regarding the Connecticut Military Department.

Media Inquiries

Please direct all media inquiries regarding the Connecticut Army & Air National Guard and the State Military Department to the CTNG Public Affairs Officer at (860) 524-4857.

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The Connecticut Guardian

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Press Releases & Media Advisories

MEDIA ADVISORY: First Company Governor’s Foot Guard to Commemorate Rochambeau Day
September 22, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn. – The First Company Governor’s Foot Guard is preparing to commemorate Rochambeau Day in downtown Hartford on Saturday, September 24, 2022... MORE

Media Advisory: Combat Medic Lanes and Officer Candidate School
July 11, 2022 — Army Combat Medic Battalion Aid Station Training The Connecticut National Guard’s 169th Regional... MORE

Students in the Connecticut National Guard's 169th Regiment, Regional Training Institute, Combat Medic reclassification course transport a simulated casualty to a Blackhawk helicopter during a field training exercise at Stones Ranch Military Reservation, East Lyme, Conn. Aug. 18, 2020.

Connecticut National Guard to Host 2022 Cyber Yankee Exercise
May 2, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn. – On May 5, 2022, the Connecticut National Guard will host a one-day cyber security training event in preparation for Cyber Yankee 2022. Cyber security elements from the National Guard and other branches of the armed forces from throughout New England, as well as representatives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and critical infrastructure partners for the 2022 Cyber Yankee exercise will be participating in the training event... MORE

Media Advisory: Connecticut National Guard Holds Welcome Home Ceremony for 200 Airmen, Soldiers
May 2, 2022 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard will host members of the 103rd Airlift Wing, 103rd Air Control Squadron (ACS) and the 1943rd Contingency Contracting Team for a Welcome Home Ceremony on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby... MORE

Media Advisory: Connecticut National Guard Holds Welcome Home Ceremony for Soldiers Returning from Kosovo Deployment
April 28, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard will welcome home members of Headquarters Company,... MORE

News & Features

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

Maj. Michael Wilcoxson

State Public Affairs Officer
michael.j.wilcoxson .mil@army.mil
Office: (860) 524-4857
Cell: (860) 883-5336

Mr. Timothy R. Koster
State Public Affairs Specialist
timothy.r.koster.civ@army.mil
Office: (860) 524-4858

103rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

161 Rainbow Road
East Granby, CT 06026
860-292-2460

130th Public Affairs Detachment (PAD)

360 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 524-4858