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CTNG Cyber Team hosts cybersecurity class at local high school
March 19, 2025 — In an effort to equip students with essential digital skills, Capt. Joel Fulsang, a cyber operations officer with the Connecticut National Guard Cyber Team, recently led a four-hour cybersecurity class at Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut... MORE

Connecticut National Guard Joint Cyber Team – A Decade of Excellence in Cyber Operations
March 18, 2025 — A brief history of the Connecticut National Guard's last decade of cyber operations... MORE

Connecticut National Guard’s Joint Cyber Team Advances Cybersecurity Mission Across the State
March 18, 2025 — The Connecticut Army National Guard’s Joint Cyber Team continues to significantly progress in strengthening cybersecurity defenses statewide... MORE

Connecticut Army National Guard Soldiers Complete CCNA Bootcamp
March 18, 2025 — Two Connecticut Army National Guard (CTARNG) Cyber Team soldiers recently completed an intensive Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) boot camp, enhancing their network security and operations expertise... MORE

Connecticut High School Students learn about the National Guard during “Mission Day”
March 7, 2025 — The Connecticut Army National Guard’s Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in conjunction with the National Guard Bureau, gave high school students from Windsor High School and AI Prince Tech the opportunity to learn more about the career opportunities and benefits of serving in the National Guard through immersive, hands-on and virtual reality experiences... MORE

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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 Guardsman overcomes adversity, finds success with military career
May 9, 2024 — HARTFORD, Conn. — “A lot of cardio,” that’s how Connecticut Army National Guard Spc. Donovan Rampassard, a motor transport operator with the 1048th Transportation Company (Medium), describes losing 45 pounds over the course of two months to enlist into the National Guard... MORE

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

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

Cyber Yankee prepares DoD, government, and business for potential cyber threats
June 6, 2023 — Started in 2015, Cyber Yankee is the premier regional cyber training event for defense, state and federal agencies, and key utility companies to rehearse prevention and response best practices. And, unlike other cyber-focused training events which focus entirely on threats against the DoD’s information Network (DODIN), Cyber Yankee is the only military exercise which focuses on critical infrastructure and key resources that directly affect the American people... MORE

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