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  • Spc. Andres Salgado, 142nd Medical Company combat medic, vaccinates Marilyn Degnan, a resident at the Mary Wade Home in New Haven, Connecticut, April 9, 2021. The Connecticut National Guard assisted the Connecticut Department of Public Health in providing COVID-19 vaccinations to nursing home residents and staff through “Operation Matchmaker.”

    Connecticut Guard members vaccinate nursing home residents

    As the sun peeks through the clouds on an early spring day, Mary Wade Home resident Marilyn Degnan reflects on the previous year and the shot of hope she felt hearing that the Connecticut National Guard was headed her way with the COVID-19 vaccine.“All I have are my two sons and five granddaughters,” said Degnan. “Just to be able to see them is
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Aaron Sarwar, 118th Airlift Squadron navigator and site lead for Air National Guard personnel, directs patients to stations at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, March 4, 2021. A team of 11 Connecticut Air National Guardsmen provided non-medical administrative support at the site, which was set up to vaccinate 1,500 teachers and staff from Hartford Public Schools.

    Connecticut Guard assists with vaccinations for school staff

    Connecticut National Guard members from the 103rd Airlift Wing supported a clinic set up at Saint Francis Hospital to vaccinate 1,500 teachers and staff from Hartford Public Schools March 4-5.
  • Airmen from the Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing load U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers to Families food boxes into vehicles at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, Feb. 4, 2021. Airmen are supporting logistics operations at Foodshare’s drive-thru emergency distribution site here, which has distributed over 8,000,000 pounds of food to 233,000 cars since April 20, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Tucker)

    Connecticut Air National Guard supports food distribution at Rentschler Field

    As the 103rd Airlift Wing increases its number of activated personnel to support enduring COVID-19 response missions throughout the state, a team of Airmen is lending a hand to help the many Connecticut residents in need of food assistance.
  • Airman 1st Class Crisbel Burgos, 103rd Force Support Squadron services specialist, collects a swab sample at a COVID-19 testing site at Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus in New Haven, Connecticut, Dec. 4, 2020. 150 Connecticut National Guard Airmen are supporting several COVID-19 response missions throughout the state, including 27 COVID-19 testing sites and two food distribution sites. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Tucker)

    103rd Airlift Wing increases COVID-19 response

    As Connecticut increases its number of COVID-19 vaccination sites throughout the state, 150 Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing have volunteered to help the Connecticut National Guard support its many enduring response missions, including COVID-19 testing and food distribution.
  • Soldiers and Airmen from the Connecticut National Guard load boxes of face masks into a vehicle at West Hartford Public Works, West Hartford, Connecticut, Sept. 30, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard is helping distribute 600,000 masks to school districts throughout the state.

    Connecticut National Guard helps distribute masks to schools

    The Connecticut National Guard is helping both the Connecticut State Department of Education and Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security distribute masks to school districts throughout the state as many transition back to in-person or hybrid learning.
  • Tech. Sgt. Bryan Dauphinais, 103rd Communications Flight cyber transport journeyman, analyzes simulated cyberattacks during exercise Cyber Yankee at the Windsor Locks Readiness Center, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, July 30, 2020.

    Cyber Yankee exercise trains Conn. Guard in virtual threats

    Airmen and Soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard joined other Guard members from throughout New England and state and federal partner agencies, for exercise Cyber Yankee, sharpening their readiness in one of today’s most dynamic battlefields—cyberspace.
  • Soldiers from the 1-102nd Infantry Regiment assemble COVID-19 test kits at the Governor William A. O’Neill Hartford State Armory, Hartford, Connecticut, July 27, 2020.

    Connecticut Guard assembles 107,000 test kits in five days

    Connecticut National Guard members have spearheaded efforts to expand the state’s COVID-19 testing stockpile, assembling 107,000 test kits in five days last week.
  • U.S. Army Capt. Joyce Avedisian, 14th Civil Support Team nuclear medical science officer, prepares to test patient samples for COVID-19 in an analytical laboratory system vehicle parked outside Charter Oak Family Health Center in Hartford, Connecticut, April 24, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard’s 14th Civil Support Team is working in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Public Health state lab to test samples from 70 to 80 patients per day in locations throughout the state. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Tucker)

    Connecticut National Guard provides mobile COVID-19 testing lab

    The Connecticut National Guard has turned a vehicle designed to test for environmental chemical, biological, and radiological contamination into a mobile clinical laboratory to expand the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 testing capacity.
  • Senior Airman Matt Wysocki, 103rd Air Control Squadron, writes down patient information at a COVID-19 drive-through testing site in New Haven, April 16, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard is providing power generation and access control support to maximize site efficiency.

    Connecticut National Guard powers COVID-19 testing site

    A once-empty parking lot has been transformed into a place where 700 people a day can drive up and be tested for COVID-19, thanks to help from the Connecticut National Guard.
  • Uruguayan Army Colonel Dyver M. Neme, Communications Brigade One Commander (left), discusses the Uruguayan Army's communications capabilities with Lt. Col. Guy Marino, 103rd Air Control Squadron (center) and Maj. David Ferrer, Connecticut State Partnership Program Director (right) in Montevideo, Uruguay, June 27, 2019. One of the main purposes of this State Partnership Program visit for the Connecticut National Guard to assess Uruguay's joint military operability. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Jen Pierce)

    Connecticut National Guard strengthens alliance with Uruguay

    Members of the Connecticut National Guard met and fomented critical discussion with Uruguayan service leads from the Army, Navy, and Air Force June 24 - 29, 2019 in Montevideo, Uruguay during a State Partnership Program (SPP) visit. One of the United States’ key policy goals in Uruguay is to enhance U.S., Uruguayan, and global security by working with our military counterparts in Uruguay. The SPP is a program the National Guard began in 1993 to promote enduring and mutually beneficial security relationships with ally nations. There are currently 83 countries across all six geographic combatant commands that participate in the program. The Connecticut National Guard is partnered with Uruguay and has been working with the South American nation for the last 20 years.
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