November 5, 2020

 

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NCNG Retiree Guide – Pages 1 and 2 NCNG 
N.C. National Guard Cyber Security Response Force helps secure elections in the state WNCT 
N.C. History Maker Uses Life Experience to Help Others Spectrum 
Apply for the S.A.R.G.E. Grant EANGUS-WCFA 
The latest edition of the Tarheel Guardsman is now available AFA 
Save the Date! Tarheel Homecoming is on the calendar for December 11th NCNGA 
NGAUS 143rd General Conference & Exhibition is coming to Charlotte NCNGA 
November 5th — Today in Guard History National Guard 

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NCNG Retiree Guide – Pages 1 and 2 NCNG 

A previous version of the NCNG Retiree Guard was accidentally distributed without its second page. Please click here see the full two-page guide.

N.C. National Guard Cyber Security Response Force helps secure elections in the state WNCT 

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) North Carolina National Guard’s (NCNG) Cyber Security Response Force (CSRF) is working around the clock to protect networks related to the election process in North Carolina, ahead of and during today’s election.

The team, made up of Army and Air Guardsmen, is working with their department lead, the N.C. Department of Public Safety (DPS), as well as the Division of Emergency Management (NCEM), N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT), the State Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and U.S. Cyber Command to monitor systems for malicious activity.

In 2017 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified election infrastructure as critical infrastructure.

NC Guard’s primary role is to monitor security systems for the State Board of Elections to receive timely information to defend their network.

The CSRF and NCDIT can provide services and assistance, both proactive and reactive, whenever there’s a cyber incident in the state, according to the State Chief Risk and Security Officer with the NCDIT, Maria Thompson.

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N.C. History Maker Uses Life Experience to Help Others Spectrum 

NORTH CAROLINA — Brigadier General J.R. Gorham is in what he calls the “winter” of his life.

He’s retired after climbing the ladder in the military and private sector, but he isn’t spending his days sitting around.

Gorham’s passion is helping people who might be overlooked, like underprivileged children and formerly incarcerated people.

Recently, he gave the commencement speech for Inmates To Entrepreneurs, a program helping people start their own businesses.

“I just felt very strongly that these young men and women, that have paid their dues to society, should have a right and an opportunity for a second chance,” he says.

That desire comes from being overlooked as a child himself. Gorham’s father was a sharecropper, and Gorham says he doesn’t think people expected him to go far in life.

However, he proved them wrong and became the first African American General in the North Carolina National Guard.

He says everything he accomplished in life came from others helping him succeed.

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Apply for the S.A.R.G.E. Grant EANGUS-WCFA 

WCFA offers an opportunity to a current or former enlisted National Guard member who is in good standing and is an EANGUS dues paying member (Life or Annual) who has experienced a catastrophic financial hardship and/or personal property loss to apply for a Soldier & Airman Relief Grant for Emergencies (hereafter referred to as “SARGE”). Grants may be used for financial hardships related to events such as mobilization, natural disasters, fires and other catastrophic losses. The grants are intended for otherwise non-reimbursable expenses (i.e., not covered by insurance) due to these events and include medical bills, utility bills, rent or mortgage payments, groceries, relocation, shelter due to loss of residence and funeral expenses. Other expenses, not listed here, may be deemed appropriate and approved by the committee. Grants are typically $500 and are transmitted to the individual usually within 5 days after receipt of completed application.

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The latest edition of the Tarheel Guardsman is now available AFA 

The latest edition of the Tarheel Guardsman with a Q&A from MG Hunt and a gubernatorial candidate forum is now available on-line.

Save the Date! Tarheel Homecoming is on the calendar for December 11th NCNGA 

While we don’t have the full details we have begun planning, and we are working through the impact of our current situation. We already know that no money will be collected in advance, just wanted to let you know of the date and to watch out for updates.

NGAUS 143rd General Conference & Exhibition is coming to Charlotte NCNGA 

The NGAUS 143rd General Conference & Exhibition is coming to Charlotte in 2021, There are a number of opportunities for volunteering that include our Host Couple program, these individuals serve as ambassadors and provide guest information in each hotel during the event. If you are interested in volunteering for these positions are would like to learn more about how you can be involved please send us an email at Larry@ncnga.org.

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November 5th — Today in Guard History National Guard 

1961
Skies over West Germany – In the wake of the Soviet Union’s continued construction of the Berlin Wall which they started in August 1961, and a fear of possible conflict in Germany, on October 1st President John F. Kennedy mobilized selected reserve components units including elements of the Army and Air National Guard. To prove his determination to protect Germany along with the other NATO allies, he authorized the deployment ofeleven Air Guard fighter squadrons to bases in Germany, France and Spain (a non-NATO ally). The first of these squadrons arrived in late October, less than a month after mobilization. By this date several, including Missouri’s 110th and New Jersey’s 141st tactical fighter squadrons, had their ground service personnel join them and they became fully operational. They soon began flying patrols along the border dividing East from West Germany. No Army Guard units were deployed overseas although two divisions and numerous non-divisional units were on active duty in the U.S. Fortunately, no war erupted and by the summer of 1962 all the Guard units were released from active duty.

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