KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2012 – Eleven people were killed today when their International Security Assistance Force helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, ISAF officials reported. The crash killed four ISAF service members, three U.S. Afghanistan service members, three members of the Afghan national security forces and an Afghan civilian interpreter, [...]

STAMFORD, Conn — SoldierSocks.com, a Stamford-based non-profit organization, announced its new mission to assist returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan enter the workforce and has launched a new college grant foundation where veterans can apply for tuition assistance. To help fund this new endeavor, the organization will be selling red, [...]

Governor Malloy welcomed home the members of the 103rd Security Forces unit back from deployment in Afghanistan. The group was deployed in July and has been responsible for base security, IED screening and counter-insurgency operations. Governor Malloy visited the members of the 103rd unit during his trip to Afghanistan in [...]

New York, NY – 19 September 2011: Today Iraq Veterans for Congress announced that it was changing the name of the political action committee to be more reflective of its core mission. The new name of the group is Afghanistan & Iraq Veterans for Congress (AIVC). Said AIVC founder Kieran [...]

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today ordered the Connecticut and U.S. flags to fly at half staff in honor of Sergeant Edward J. Frank II, who was killed in action in Nalgham, Afghanistan when his mounted patrol vehicle struck an IED. “We are mourning the loss of yet [...]

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today ordered the Connecticut and U.S. flags to fly at half staff in honor of Stamford resident Chief Petty Officer Brian Bill, who was killed in action in Afghanistan over the weekend. “Chief Petty Officer Bill’s family and friends are in our prayers [...]

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (August 4, 2011) – Senator Jason Welch has endorsed Justin Bernier for U.S. Congress, calling him “the right person to help move our country in the right direction again.” Welch represents the 5th District towns of Plainville, Plymouth and Harwinton, as well as the City of Bristol. “Connecticut [...]

(HARTFORD, CT) – On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will continue his Jobs Tour with a stop at the construction site of the new police headquarters in New Britain. The project is part of the Jobs Funnel Program, which prepares qualified unemployed/under-employed adult residents in selected communities for good [...]