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National Guard Provides Critical Election Cybersecurity
November 7, 2022
Approximately 30 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard joined other state agencies at three locations Nov. 5, 2019, to ensure the security of the commonwealth’s general election. A team at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency focused on network monitoring, while teams at Fort Indiantown Gap (above) and Horsham Air Guard Station focused on social media reporting.
Connecticut Guard cyber team honored for outstanding service
May 19, 2021
Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, adjutant general for the Connecticut National Guard, front left, and leaders of the Guard's Joint Cyber Response Team with Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill and Deputy Secretary of State Scott Bates after the team received the National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award May 12, 2021, for fortifying cybersecurity ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Wisconsin Guard's 132nd Army Band serves communities, troops
July 16, 2020
Two members of the 132nd Army Band’s Rock Band play for people working at Joint Force Headquarters during an Independence Day celebration in Madison, Wis., July 7, 2020.
NC National Guard deploys cybersecurity response force
June 26, 2020
Spc. Carlos Cirano, a security analyst assigned to the North Carolina National Guard Cyber Security Response Force (CSRF), conducts cyber operations at a city of Roxboro facility in Roxboro, North Carolina, June 18, 2020. The CSRF helped restore city and county computer networks after a cyberattack in late May.
Colorado National Guard assists with election cyber defense
June 22, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard's Task Force Cyber help Colorado Secretary of State Wayne W. Williams monitor network traffic and advise Chief Information Officer Trevor Timmons Nov. 6, 2018. The Guard will once again be helping to protect the elections against cyberattack in June and November 2020.
Service members, civilians bound by DOD election rules
June 17, 2020
A Sailor registers for the 2012 presidential election and submits an absentee ballot request to the command’s voting representative aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while at sea in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 4, 2012.
Kentucky National Guard assisting with primary election
June 15, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Cureton directs traffic through a drive-through voting station in Lawrenceburg June 12, 2020. Guard members serving in civilian clothes are helping fill in for volunteers for the June 23 primary, setting up and cleaning poll locations and assisting with traffic, parking and crowd control.
Guard helps safeguard primary election against cyber threats
June 12, 2020
Participants from multiple state and federal agencies take part in a Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise (TTX) dealing with election security, June 19, 2019, hosted at the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) in Charleston, W.Va. The exercise was held to identify best practices and areas for improvement in cyber incident planning, identification, response, and recovery for elections.
Wisconsin National Guard supports voters in special election
May 13, 2020
Spc. Lincoln Meverden and Pfc. Napatsawan Sanguanboon, both of the 132nd Brigade Support Battalion, process ballots May 12 in Maine, Wisconsin. Approximately 160 Wisconsin National Guard Citizen-Soldiers mobilized to state active duty as poll workers supporting the 7th Congressional District special election in northern Wisconsin.
Wisconsin National Guard provides poll workers statewide
April 8, 2020
2nd Lt. Ben Marinin, an intelligence officer with Company D, 173rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, processes absentee ballots in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, April 7, 2020. More than 2,400 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen were mobilized to state active duty to assist as poll workers in state elections.