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  • 103rd SFS excels at Patriot Defender training

    A Security Forces squad from the 103rd Security Forces Squadron attended Patriot Defender Training in Mineral Wells, Texas at Fort Wolters Military Reservation March 13 through March 29.      The training opportunity was unique right from the start. With tough economic times and increased travel

  • 103rd proctors students through NOCTI

    Last month, the Yankee Courier featured an article about the 103rd donating tools to local technical high schools in Conn. That donation was made possible only by the contacts created through the base's involvement with NOCTI. NOCTI is the National Occupational Certification Testing Institute

  • 103rd Donates ‘Tools for the Trade’

    The sun has just started to peak, noon high. Just hot enough to work outside in a short sleeve shirt while not breaking a sweat. The humidity is rising up from the newly sprouting grass and you think to yourself, what a great Saturday to build something. You're thinking, maybe, an end table would be

  • 103rd Medics: Defenders of the Health

    A personal computer consists of many parts that work together to reach a desired end result. Motherboard, SATA cables, Random Access Memory, PCI cards; all these items need to communicate with each other and work as a team to complete the computer's mission.      Similarly, the 103rd Medical Group

  • Conn. Guard Supports Inauguration

    Twelve members of the Conn. National Guard's Joint Incident Site Communications Capability team successfully completed the state's first real world deployment of the JISCC system while providing communications capabilities to contingency operations in direct support of the Jan. 20 presidential

  • Greenwood is the Family Guy

    Senior Master Sgt. Victor Greenwood, one of the Conn. Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year, is the quintessential family man. Greenwood left Conn. early last year and moved back home to New Hampshire to be closer to his mother and niece, but he got more than he bargained for. "After I

  • Zukauskas is Such a Boy Scout

    Senior Master Sgt. Robert Zukauskas, one of the Conn. Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year, is such a Boy Scout, both literally and figuratively. Zukauskas, a 20 year veteran of the Boy Scouts, currently serves as an Assistant Scout Master for Troop 108, out of Hazardville, Conn.,

  • Hill Wants to be Your Go-To Guy

    Senior Airman Joseph Hill, one of the Conn. Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year, describes himself as, "...a snow boarding geek," who enjoys science fiction, travel and problem solving. Hill enjoys his off-duty time by conquering the slopes on his snow board and developing complex

  • Corrow Keeps Her Eye on the Sky

    Staff Sgt. Kelly Corrow, one of the Conn. Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year, is serious about exercise and sports. Corrow defines herself as a "gym rat" and works out at least once a day, sometimes twice. When she's not getting fit, she can be found during her off-duty hours

  • Yankee Flight Members Prepare for Basic

    Basic Military Training is a right of passage for all enlisted members of the Connecticut Air National Guard. Members of the 103rd Airlift Wing's Yankee Flight (former known as Student Flight) benefit from the training they accomplish here before venturing off to Basic Training. "Basic can be a real