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CT Air National Guard Delivers $900K in Medical Care to American Samoa
November 17, 2025 — The 103d Medical Group recently completed an Innovative Readiness Training that provided an incredible dual purpose – providing critical medical care to thousands of citizens in American Samoa at no cost from Aug. 11 to Aug. 27, 2025... MORE

Lieutenant Governor, CT Military Department renames Operation E.L.F. after late Governor Rell
November 7, 2025 — Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and the Connecticut Military Department announced they are renaming their Operation Embracing Lonely Families (E.L.F) program after the late Gov. M. Jodi Rell, during a press at the Gov. William A. O’Neill Armory in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 7, 2025... MORE

Connecticut Soldiers Compete in Multi-Domain Challenge at Fort Devens
September 29, 2025 — Blending cyber warfare skills with traditional Soldier tasks, Connecticut Guardsmen joined counterparts in Massachusetts to compete in the 126th Cyber Protection Battalion Commander’s Cup, a high-stakes, multi-domain competition that tested their physical, technical, and tactical readiness... MORE

1-102nd, 643rd participate in joint send-off ceremony for deployment
August 24, 2025 — More than 600 Soldiers fr0m 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment and the 643rd Military Police Company said goodbye to friends and family during a combined send-off ceremony at Foxwoods Casino Aug. 23, 2025... MORE

103d Provides Rapid Fighter Jet Refueling & Rearming in Record Time with C-130H
July 24, 2025 — This week, Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing, 104th Fighter Wing, and 158th Fighter Wing pulled off a milestone maneuver in modern air combat operations — and it’s making waves... MORE

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All Roads Lead to Cyber - How one Connecticut Guardsman found his path in cybersecurity.
June 16, 2022 — Inside a brightly lit classroom, keyboards go cyclic. The clicks of the mouse reverberate across the room like the distant echoes of artillery. These are the sounds of the digital battlefield. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Young, a soldier assigned to Joint Forces Headquarters, Connecticut Army National Guard, is just one of many men and women, all cyber warriors, in the trenches posed for the impending attack... MORE

143rd RSG Commander Bridges Past With 43rd INF DIV Veteran
May 19, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn — U.S. Army Col. David Pickel, 143rd Regional Support Group, Connecticut Army National Guard, gifted his shoulder sleeve insignia to Korean War veteran U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Kurtz, 13th Ranger Company, 43rd Infantry Division (Retired) during a brief ceremony at the West Suffield, Connecticut VFW on Thursday, May 19, 2022... MORE

Connecticut's Fighting Irish - The Story of the Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
March 10, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn — A blue banner defiantly flies high and proudly, weathering the unwelcoming wind coming from deep within the Gulf of Mexico as it is carried along the coast of Ship Island, Mississippi. Resting below a mighty bald eagle is a golden harp adorned with an emerald green field, followed by the words, “Erin go bragh”. Connecticut’s fighting Irish have arrived... MORE

Timothy Ahearn: The Command Corporal
October 27, 2021 — One of the things that makes the United States military so successful is its command structure and its clear line of succession, should a warrior fall in battle. The commander has his executive officer, the sergeant major has his first sergeant, and the platoon leader has his platoon sergeant. Unfortunately, war seldom cares of for such formalities. ... MORE

Connecticut Guardsman turns personal tragedy into 10 years of advocacy
April 26, 2021 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. -- On July 21, 2011, Master Sgt. Jessica Roy gave birth to her first child, Austin. He was born prematurely at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 11 ounces... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jessica Roy (center), 103rd Security Forces Squadron S2 intelligence and investigations superintendent and antiterrorism program manager, Marc Spencer (right), and their families deliver gift bags to nurses at the Saint Francis Hospital neonatal intensive care unit in Hartford, Connecticut, on World Prematurity Day, November 17, 2019. Roy and Spencer both had infant sons pass away after being born prematurely and have dedicated the following years to advocacy work with the March of Dimes organization. (Courtesy photo)

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