By Renee DiNino Mar 10, 2021 Governor Lamont Announces Deployment of More Than 500 Members of the Connecticut National Guard To Africa Along with Additional Support from State Troopers. We say thank you and pray for a safe mission and return! Officials say this will be the largest single deployment of troops from Connecticut since 2009. Wednesday at 4 p.m., Gov. Ned Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz joined by Major General Francis Evon, will head to Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, where the Guardsmen are preparing to leave. The 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) is getting ready for deployment in support of "Operation Enduring Freedom."