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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

CTNG hosts East Lyme Emergency Management-RDSI Cybersecurity training
April 12, 2025 — On April 11, 2025, East Lyme Emergency Management, in partnership with Research & Development Solutions Inc. (RDSI), gathered at Camp Nett for their annual cybersecurity training. The event aimed to enhance the region's preparedness for increasing cybersecurity threats targeting operational technology (OT)... MORE

146th Cyberwarfare Companies conduct joint training
April 9, 2025 — The Connecticut and Massachusetts 146th Cyber Warfare Companies conducted a joint training exercise at Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) in Massachusetts... MORE

146th CWC Joint Training at JFHQ, Massachusetts

Bridge Crewmember and Infantryman named Best Warrior and NCO in 2025 Connecticut Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
April 6, 2025 — Twenty-two Connecticut Army National Guard soldiers competed against each other to earn the title of Best Warrior and Best Non-Commissioned Officer during the 2025 Connecticut Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition March 20-23, 2025... MORE

Connecticut National Guardsman named Army Logistics Warrior of the Month
March 26, 2025 — Connecticut Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Katarzyna Zarzycka, logistics noncommissioned officer in charge for 85th Troop Command, was recently named Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) Logistics Warrior of the Month for February 2025... 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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