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From Training to Tradition, Connecticut and Uruguay celebrate 25th SPP Anniversary
May 29, 2025 — This year marks the 25th anniversary of the National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) between the Connecticut National Guard and the Uruguayan Armed Forces. This milestone reflects a quarter-century of partnership, shared training, and ongoing support between Connecticut and Uruguayan counterparts... MORE

Connecticut and Uruguay celebrate 25th Anniversary of State Partnership Program

Total Force in Action: 728th BMCS Integrates with 103rd ACS in F-22 Live-Fly Control Training
May 12, 2025 — In a demonstration of seamless Total Force Integration, the 103rd Air Control Squadron (ACS) hosted active-duty personnel from Robins Air Force Base’s 728th Battle Management Control Squadron (BMCS) for a week of advanced live-fly control training. The exercise served to sharpen combat readiness and enhance multi-unit cooperation across the Air Force’s control mission enterprise... MORE

Connecticut Education Network Hosts 25th Anniversary Conference, Highlighting Cybersecurity Collaboration with the Connecticut Military Department
May 9, 2025 — The Connecticut Education Network (CEN), Connecticut’s premier high-speed internet service provider for education, public safety, and government institutions, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Since its founding, CEN has been instrumental in delivering reliable, high-capacity broadband to schools, libraries, municipalities, and other public organizations, helping to advance digital equity and innovation across the state... MORE

Final Flight, Lifelong Bond: 103rd Pilots Celebrate Retirement Together
May 3, 2025 — On Saturday, May 3, the Connecticut Air National Guard’s 103rd Operations Group marked a historic milestone as Lieutenant Colonel Gary Caponetti and Lieutenant Colonel Josh Panis took to the skies one final time. The longtime colleagues and close friends completed their Air Force careers with a joint “fini flight” in two C-130 Hercules aircraft, circling the skies above New England in a farewell steeped in tradition, emotion, and camaraderie... MORE

Veterans Honored with Emotional Send-Off at Bradley Airport for Honor Flight to D.C.
May 3, 2025 — In the early morning on the first Saturday in May, family members, friends, and service members from the Connecticut National Guard gathered at Bradley International Airport to cheer and applaud for over 65 veterans from across Connecticut. These veterans were preparing to embark on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C, as a thank you for their service in decades past... 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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