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Its primary components are the Connecticut Army National Guard, the Connecticut Air National Guard, and four companies of the state militia. The Military Department of the State of Connecticut traces its origins to May 11, 1637, when the "General Courts" (colonial assembly - legislature) established a military arm of the provincial government.
The National Defense Act of 1921 provided for a number of National Guard Aviation Squadrons and the 43d Aero Squadron was re-designated as the 43d Division Air Service Squadron. As a National Guard unit, the squadron became a part of the 43d Division, at that time made up of National Guard Troops from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
The Connecticut State Militia is divided into two classes: the National Guard and the naval militia. [1] The organized militia consists of the Connecticut State Guard (the four units of the Governor's Guards are active), the Connecticut State Guard Reserve, and the Naval Militia.
Dec. 1—EAST LYME — Maj. Jamie Cuticello was new to his role as post commander at the Connecticut National Guard's primary training installation in Niantic when he stopped by the Town Hall with ...
The Connecticut Naval Militia was a class of militia of the Armed Forces of the State of Connecticut along with the Connecticut National Guard, the Connecticut State Guard, and the Connecticut State Guard Reserve. The Governor of Connecticut is authorized to organize a naval militia as a special force for coastal protection or other appropriate ...
Major General Francis J. Evon Jr. is the Adjutant General of the Connecticut National Guard.He is responsible to the Governor and the Chief, National Guard Bureau, for providing operationally trained, equipped and mission-ready forces to support both U.S. mobilization requirements and state emergency operations to include developing and coordinating counter terrorism and domestic preparedness ...
Members of the Connecticut National Guard worked on April 1 to convert a sports arena in Danbury into a temporary hospital capable of handling overflow from local facilities treating COVID-19 ...
This included the units of the Governor's Guards and Naval Militia as well as the National Guard. [6] The Connecticut Office of Civil Defense was established in 1959 and became a subordinate agency of the Connecticut Military Department under the authority of the Adjutant General to respond to natural disasters, civil disturbances and other events.