News

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

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

Features

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)

Connecticut Guardsman assists injured motorist
February 21, 2021 — On the morning of January 29, 2021, Leigh Deppe, a Shelton native, was traveling northbound on the Merritt Parkway near Orange, Conn. The state was in the middle of a cold front with temperatures dipping as low as 25 degrees on that particular day. As she rounded a curve in the road, her car hit a patch of black ice and she lost control of her car... MORE

Media Inquiries

Please direct all media inquiries regarding the Connecticut Army & Air National Guard and the State Military Department to the CTNG Public Affairs Office.

MAJ Michael Wilcoxson
State Public Affairs Officer
michael.j.wilcoxson.mil@army.mil
Office: (860) 524-4857
Cell: (860) 885-5336

News

Features

Media Inquiries

Connect With Us