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Honoring Veterans: Flying Yankees Spend the Day with Local Heroes 1St Lt CONNECTICUT GUARDIAN DECEMBER 2018 PAGE VOL. 19 NO. 12 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT DECEMBER 2018 Honoring Veterans: Flying Yankees Spend the Day with Local Heroes 1st Lt. Jennifer Pierce National Guard in 103rd Airlift Wing 1981 as an aerospace ENFIELD, Conn. - For many veterans who reside at ground equipment the Little Sisters of the Poor assisted living facility in specialist, had his Enfield, Conn., the Veterans Day celebration that is held share of deployments, every year is greeted with a Christmas-like excitement. having deployed four Inside the dining hall, the veterans seat themselves for times throughout his lunch with uniformed Airmen of the Connecticut Air career. After his initial National Guard, current and retired, who volunteer enlistment as a drill their time to spend the day with these heroes. As they status Guardsman, enjoy lunch, they all begin sharing their experiences; he began working the veterans regaling the younger service members with full-time at Bradley stories full of humor and heroism, heartbreak and hope, Air National Guard and freely offering advice and wisdom. Smiles, laughs, Base as an A-10 and even a few tears are shared among everyone. There engine mechanic and is a kinship in this room that is palpable. finished out his 32- Retired Chief Master Sgt. Robert Zukauskas, a veteran year career as the chief who retired from the Connecticut Air National Guard in of maintenance in the 2013, directs this program, hosting it this year on Nov. 9. 103rd Airlift Wing’s “I used to chair toastmasters and we held meetings in communications flight. the hall here,” said Zukauskas. “About eight years ago, His experience, he the entertainment director here was trying to figure out feels, is a way for him Capt. Scott Duguay, 103rd Airlift Wing pilot, and retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer a way to honor the veterans who live at the home. At to connect with the Richard Gorman have lunch with Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph’s residents during the time, I was still working in the Guard and brought veterans who live in a Veterans Day luncheon held at the residence, in Enfield. Conn., Nov. 9. The event along several other members, and we’ve been holding the home. is held each year to recognize residents who served in the military and other local this event here every year since.” “The biggest thing veterans. (Photo by Tech Sgt. Tamara Dabney, 103rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs) Zukauskas, who enlisted in the Connecticut Air about veterans is our Continued, See VETERANS on page 4 In This Issue: Hartford Hosts Big-Screen Stubby CTNG Helps with USMNT Pre-Game CT Guardsmen Train with Hawaii Page 6 Page 8 Page 9 PAGE 2 DECEMBER 2018 CONNECTICUT GUARDIAN CONNECTICUT GUARDIAN DECEMBER 2018 PAGE 3 Winter is Coming Stay Warm, Stay Safe https://www.cdc.gov of your home often during the When temperatures drop significantly below normal, winter months. staying warm and safe can be a challenge. Learn how •Insulate any to prepare for winter storms, prevent cold-related health water lines problems, and protect yourself during all stages of a that run along winter storm. exterior walls Be Prepared so your water •Listen to weather forecasts regularly and check your supply will be emergency supplies whenever a period of extreme cold less likely to is predicted. Although periods of extreme cold cannot freeze. To the always be predicted far in advance, weather forecasts extent possible, can sometimes provide you with several days notice. weatherproof •If you plan to use a fireplace or wood stove for your home by emergency heating, have your chimney or flue inspected adding weather- each year. Ask your local fire department to recommend stripping, an inspector or find one online. insulation, https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/index.html •If you’ll be using a fireplace, wood stove, or kerosene insulated doors, heater, install a smoke detector and a battery-operated and storm windows or thermal-pane windows. victim unable to think clearly or move well. carbon monoxide detector near the area to be heated. •If you have pets, bring them indoors. If you cannot •Frostbite is a bodily injury caused by freezing that Test them monthly and replace batteries twice a year. All bring them inside, provide adequate shelter to keep them results in loss of feeling and color in affected areas. fuel-burning equipment should be vented to the outside. warm and make sure they have access to unfrozen water. Frostbite can permanently damage the body, and severe Each winter season have your furnace system and vent Stay Healthy cases can lead to amputation. checked by a qualified technician to ensure they are Staying out in the cold too long can cause serious •Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Never use generators, functioning properly. health problems. Hypothermia and frostbite are the most grills, camp stoves, or similar devices inside your home, •If you are over 65 years old, place an easy-to-read common cold related health problems. basement, garage, or camper. thermometer in an indoor location where you will see it •Hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature, frequently. Your ability to feel a change in temperature is a dangerous condition that can occur when a person For more information about emergency preparedness, decreases with age. Older adults are more susceptible to is exposed to extremely cold temperatures. Body contact 1st Lt. Patrick Hevey, Emergency Management health problems caused by cold. Check the temperature temperature that is too low affects the brain, making the Program Coordinator, at 860-548-3221. Change Your Address If you move and would like to continue receiving the To change your home of record, please do one of the following: Connecticut Guardian, change your address by contacting the editor at Retirees: Contact Sgt. 1st Class Ericka Thurman at (860) 524-4858 or [email protected]. [email protected] or 860-524-4813. Guardsmen and Militia Members: Contact your chain of command or unit admin. Any further questions or concerns about the Connecticut Guardian, contact the editor directly. Connecticut Guardian Assistant Adjutant General - Air State Public Affairs Officer 360 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06105-3795 Brig. Gen. Gerald McDonald Connecticut Guardian Managing Editor Phone: (860) 524-4858, DSN: 636-7857 Maj. Michael T. Petersen FAX: (860) 524-4902 State Command Chief Warrant Officer E-Mail: [email protected] Chief Warrant Officer 5 Daniel Bade Connecticut Guardian Editor Ms. Allison L. Joanis State Command Sergeant Major Contributors Captain-General Command Sgt. Maj. John S. Carragher 103rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs Gov. Dannel P. Malloy 130th Public Affairs Det., CTARNG State Command Chief Master Sergeant 1st Lt. Jennifer Pierce, 103rd AW PAO First Company Governors Horse Guard The Adjutant General Chief Master Sgt. John M. Gasiorek Commanding General, CTNG Second Company Governors Horse Guard First Company Governors Foot Guard Maj. Gen. Francis J. Evon Second Company Governors Foot Guard The Connecticut Guardian is an authorized publication for and in the interest of, the personnel of the Connecticut National Guard, State Military Department, State Militia and their families. The editorial content of this publication is the responsibility of the CTNG Hartford Public Affairs Office and is not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, and the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force. Connecticut Guardian is published monthly in accordance with AR 360-1 and is printed through the Government Printing Office. Deadline for the January is December 11, 2018. Circulation: 7,800 PAGE 4 DECEMBER 2018 CONNECTICUT GUARDIAN CONNECTICUT GUARDIAN DECEMBER 2018 PAGE 5 VETERANS from page 1 that day; it was like he had this whole experience, this stories,” said Zukauskas. “I could sit with a civilian whole war in his head and Connecticut Air Guardsman Balances Two and tell them what I’m doing, but they wouldn’t really he wouldn’t tell anybody, have a clue what I’m doing. They have no idea. We do and when I walked in and some extremely dangerous things, we put ourselves in he saw my uniform it just Unrelated Careers as a Welcome Challenge extremely dangerous situations, and we depend on the all came out. That right there Tech Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock 103rd Airlift Wing, Public Affairs people that we work with; we’re all brothers and sisters. is the biggest thing about When I left the military I really found myself alone. It’s this program, just allowing hard to find people like yourself, so I like getting veterans the veterans to talk, let it Tech. Sgt. Francisco Ramirez together and giving them the opportunity to talk.” get out. You can’t just talk wanted to join the military since This became most apparent to him the first year he held to anybody about what you a very young age. When he was the Veterans Day program at Little Sisters of the Poor. did because they wouldn’t unable to find a job after graduating “The first year we did this program, I asked one of the understand it. They wouldn’t college with a bachelor’s degree in nuns if there were any more veterans than hadn’t come understand what you’ve biomolecular science, he decided to down for the lunch,” said Zukauskas. “She told me there been through, but talking to go ahead and enlist out of necessity. were a couple more in their beds, but they didn’t want another veteran definitely Unbeknownst to him, however, to come down. I asked if we could visit them and she helps, and that’s why we military service was a family legacy.
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