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Civil leaders tour Connecticut National Guard facilities, flies Connecticut’s skies
August 28, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard recently hosted several community leaders and state agencies to highlight its role as "Connecticut’s Home Team" and its commitment to supporting both the state and the nation... MORE

CTNG helps unveil burial marker for Civil War Soldier, parents’ refurbished gravestone
June 21, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard funeral honors team assisted with the unveiling of a new burial marker for Pvt. Stephen Newton, a soldier assigned to the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment during a celebration of life event for the Newton family at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut June 21, 2024... MORE

CTNG Soldier’s business raises more than $70k for fallen state trooper’s family
June 11, 2024 — A local business, co-founded by a Connecticut National Guard soldier, has raised more than $70,000 for the family of Connecticut State Trooper Aaron Pelletier who was killed in the line of duty on May 30, 2024... MORE

Remains of fallen WWII Airman returns home after 80 years
June 7, 2024 — The Connecticut National Guard funeral honors team provided an honorable transfer for the repatriated remains of U.S. Army Air Corps Tech Sgt. Kenneth J. McKeeman, a radio operator who served with the 724th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force, in the European Theater during World War II, at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. May 31, 2024... MORE

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

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