Connecticut National Guard

The state has launched a recruitment initiative to try to help incentivize prospective members to join the Connecticut National Guard. Governor Ned Lamont announced the creation of a state initiative, known as the Joint Enlistment Enhancement Program (JEEP), on Monday. The program will provide current and retired members of the Connecticut National Guard with $500 per qualified lead that results…

Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard are deploying to the Middle East on Tuesday and a send off ceremony was held Tuesday morning.

Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard are deploying to the Middle East on Tuesday and a send-off ceremony was held Tuesday morning. The aviation units left their home station in Windsor Locks for overseas deployment to support Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East. A send-off ceremony was held for the approximately 70 National Guard members. The members of…

It was an emotional and exciting day Tuesday in East Granby as National Guardsmen returned for deployment just in time for the holidays. Dozens of members walked off the plane into the arms of their loved ones waiting on the tarmac. “There is no feeling like it you have to experience it understand but it’s probably one of the...

Over 50 members of the National Guard returned to Connecticut from deployment just in time for the holidays.

A 19-year-old member of the Connecticut National Guard was killed in a crash in Waterbury on Tuesday morning, three days before he was supposed to be getting married.

A 19-year-old member of the Connecticut National Guard was killed in a crash in Waterbury on Tuesday morning, three days before he was supposed to be getting married. Spc. Josue Alicea-Tirado, of Waterbury, was with C Co., 1-102nd Infantry, according to Major General Francis J. Evon Jr., the adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard. Alicea-Tirado was involved in...

A teenager has died after a crash on Route 73 in Waterbury on Tuesday morning and part of the road remains closed.

Crowds patiently waited on Thursday at the Connecticut National Guard’s Windsor Locks Readiness Center to welcome home 60 service members. The 142nd Area Support Medical Company returned back to the Nutmeg state after a year-long deployment to Poland, where the unit provided medical care. “I love serving my country, I love being with my unit but it’s great to...

60 members of the Connecticut National Guard’s 142nd Area Support Medical Company returned Thursday from a yearlong deployment in Poland.

Dozens of Connecticut National Guard soldiers were welcomed home after being deployed overseas.

Dozens of Connecticut National Guard soldiers were welcomed home after being deployed overseas. The headquarters company 1-169th Aviation Regiment served an almost one-year deployment in Kosovo as part of NATO’s KFOR mission. It’s an international effort that’s been underway for more than 20 years to maintain safety in Kosovo. It was the first deployment for two members we spoke...