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Connecticut Guard Engineers Build Holding Area for Detainees
October 23, 2023 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - Soldiers push deep into enemy lines, collecting enemy prisoners of war as they go. The military police detain them and provide security, but where are they housed? As per the Geneva...

Connecticut Army Guard Medics Conduct Mass Casualty Training
September 14, 2023 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - Medics from the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 143rd Regional Support Group trained for a mass casualty event at Fort Drum.From Aug. 11-13, medics attached to units across the...

Connecticut Guard Engineers Build Bridge in Annual Training
September 1, 2023 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - In combat, having the freedom to maneuver can directly affect the outcome of a battle. Rough terrain, or in this case, a deep, wide river with a powerful current, can impede or even...

Connecticut Guard K-9s Test Their Skills in Plane Search
August 31, 2023 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard’s 928th Military Working Dog Detachment searched a 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H aircraft Aug. 29 in an exercise that tested the capabilities of its K-9...

Cyber Yankee Prepares Military, Business for Cyber Threats
June 8, 2023 — NIANTIC, Conn. - In the face of rising cyber threats, the Department of Defense has increased its efforts to recruit and build cyber capabilities. According to the 2023 DOD Cyber Strategy, the...

Driving Simulator Boosts Readiness for Connecticut Guard
April 12, 2023 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing at Bradley Air National Guard Base is using computer-generated imagery to enhance readiness.In 2021, the wing used innovation...

In Edelweiss Raid, the Competition Is Seriously Steep
April 12, 2023 — INNSBRUCK, Austria - When a U.S. team competed in the international military mountaineering contest for the first time in 2019, it made history as the first team ever to finish the competition on its...

National Guard, Canada Conduct Tactical Arctic Insertion
March 20, 2023 — RESOLUTE BAY, NUNAVUT, Canada - Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian Soldiers were tactically inserted by an LC-130 Hercules on Arctic Ocean ice just east of Little Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada,...

Vermont Guard Soldier Thrives in Canadian Arctic Exercise
March 15, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Yuknis first came to Resolute in 2019 while participating in Guerrier Nordique.This is his second visit to the northernmost location for the...

Persistence Pays off for History-Making Air Guardsman
March 2, 2023 — BRADLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Conn. - “I never thought that I couldn’t do anything,” said Tech. Sgt. Petra Chesanek.Thinking back to her childhood, Chesanek, an aeromedical technician with the...

Vermont Army Guard Leads Training Exercise in Arctic Circle
February 27, 2023 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont Army National Guard will participate in the winter training exercise Guerrier Nordique in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, March 4-20.The Vermont Soldiers will work with...

Guard Continues Domestic, Global Missions in a Busy 2022
December 21, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard’s footprint on domestic and international events continued in 2022, highlighting its transformation from a Cold War strategic reserve to the combat reserve of the...

National Guard Provides Critical Election Cybersecurity
November 7, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As the eyes of the nation turn to Tuesday’s midterm elections, the integrity of polling and the security of the electoral process are the focus of National Guard cyberspace operations...

Connecticut National Guard Leaders Build Bonds in Uruguay
September 1, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, the Connecticut adjutant general, and other Connecticut Army National Guard officers visited Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 6-10, to strengthen bonds...

Connecticut National Guardswoman Trains in Denmark
August 23, 2022 — MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Training opportunities in the Connecticut National Guard are ever-present. Sometimes, it comes down to having a conversation and asking the right questions. For Capt. Shaneka...

Connecticut National Guard, Uruguay Conduct IED Training
August 3, 2022 — HARTFORD, Conn. - Seven members of the 192nd Engineer Battalion conducted counter-improvised explosive device training with the Uruguayan Army in Montevideo, Uruguay, July 15-25 as part of a bilateral...

New York Army Guard Soldiers Heading to Africa, Kuwait
June 16, 2022 — NEW YORK – Almost 1,400 New York Army National Guard Soldiers are deploying to East Africa and Kuwait in the largest mobilization of New York National Guard forces in more than a decade.Two hundred...

National Guard Supports Armed Forces of Ukraine
June 8, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Pinned down by a Russian tank and armed with only a failed anti-tank missile, a Ukrainian soldier recently turned to an unlikely source as the most effective weapon available — his...

National Guard strengthens NATO readiness in Europe
June 1, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 20,000 service members from over 20 countries supporting NATO, including the National Guard, showcased their integrated military capabilities during large-scale exercises...

Connecticut Guard completes Black Hawk fleet conversion
May 2, 2022 — WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – Soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard’s Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, retrieved a new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from Joint Base...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26