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“The reality of today is they’ve worked very hard to train up despite the pandemic,” said Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, Adjutant General and Commander of the Connecticut National Guard. In addition to meeting those challenges, they’ve been busy helping Connecticut with the pandemic, including helping to build up the hospital surge capacity early last year. Now these men and women are doing their federal mission, first heading to Texas and then overseas. “I’m very excited. It was hard to leave home today,” said Lt. Eleanor Baranofsky of the 1-102nd Infantry Regiment. Lt. Baranofsky’s...

This is the largest single deployment of the Connecticut National Guard since 2009. Six hundred members of the Connecticut National Guard are preparing to ship out to Africa. Nearly 600 soldiers boarded a plane and headed to Texas before going to Africa where they’ll be assisting with an ongoing mission. They’ve been battling the pandemic in Connecticut and now they’re facing another challenge. “Just over a year ago, the same unit was helping with the hospital surge capacity building additional capacity at Central and at Southern,” said Major Gen. Francis Evon, Adjuta...