Connecticut National Guard

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...

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United States Air Forece members with medical expertise have been deployed to CT. The military medical teams are serving here as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 response.

For nearly a year, families back home counted the days and hours until their Connecticut National Guardsmen would land back on Connecticut soil.

Last March, hundreds of Connecticut National Guardsmen boarded a plane for the Horn of Africa. For nearly a year, families back home counted the days and hours until their plane would land back on Connecticut soil. “It was hard. I missed him. His family missed him. I know he missed home. I’m happy that they’re back,” said Susan Way....

Members of the Connecticut Air National Guard began distribution of COVID-19 tests to nursing homes on Friday.

The Connecticut National Guard is holding a Covid-19 test kit and PPE distribution event for nursing homes in Windsor Locks. Five separate delivery missions are planned throughout the state.

Labor unions filed a lawsuit Monday seeking collective bargaining rights for Connecticut National Guard members on active state duty ordered by the governor, saying they should be entitled to organize the same way as civilian state employees. A 1978 federal law makes it a criminal felony for members of the armed forces, including the National Guard, to join or attempt…

Family and friends said goodbye to their loved ones as more than 70 Connecticut National Guardsmen and women deployed to Poland on Sunday.

A ceremony was held Saturday to welcome home more than 70 members of the Connecticut National Guard after spending months overseas.

It was a big celebration at the Armory as more than 70 members of the National Guard returned to Connecticut. Members of Detachment 2 and the 143rd Regional Support Group gathered for an official welcome home ceremony as they embraced love ones and life back in the U.S. “It’s really good to be home,” said Captain Shaneka Ashman. “I missed…

A unit from the Connecticut National Guard was welcomed home Saturday morning after spending months overseas.

As the music played, special moments were made in a deployment ceremony at the Hartford State Armory as more than 70 members of the 142nd Area Support Medical Company are preparing for a new journey abroad.  The Danbury-based unit will be heading to Poland to support Operation Atlantic Resolve. “So in the bigger picture, Operation Atlantic Resolve, it’s about reassuring...

More than a dozen Connecticut National Guardsmen are stepping up to help Afghanistan refugees. A total of 19 members are heading to a military base in New Jersey that’s being used to shelter Afghans who’ve left their country. “These Airmen volunteered to help fulfill our nation’s commitment to assist our vulnerable Afghan allies,” Maj. Gen. Francis Evon said in...

A few soldiers who were on a ruck march during a field training exercise at Stones Ranch Military Reservation in East Lyme are being evaluated for heat exhaustion after feeling “woozy” Monday morning and were taken to hospital, according to the Connecticut National Guard. Officer candidate school is underway and the soldiers were conducting a ruck march, a hike with…

More than 50 soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard left for their deployment to Kosovo Sunday morning. Guardsmen and women from 1-169th Aviation Regiment departed from Windsor Locks to the Balkans as part of NATO’s Kosovo Force mission. Their mission is to assist an international effort to maintain a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, according to Director of...

On the heels of the attack on the U.S Capitol and with just days away from President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, law enforcement across the country is taking no chances with safety and security.  “We’re gonna have a high visibility, we’re going to be out here protecting democracy and protecting our buildings,” said Scott Driscoll, public information officer for the Connecticut State...