MEET JUSTIN ANDERSON
The Representative
Who Works for the People
MILITARY CAREER
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32 years in the Connecticut Army National Guard; 8 years enlisted, 22 years as an officer
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4 deployments after 9/11: two combat tours in Afghanistan: earned Combat Infantry Badge after conducting air assault operations to clear Taliban villages
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21 years in the Infantry
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5 years teaching at Officer Candidate School: 3 years as instructor, 2 years as Commander, training soldiers to be officers and leaders for the US Army
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1 year as the CT State Planner and Leader of the Homeland Response Force: An anti-terrorism response team to combat chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear or high-explosive attacks throughout the New England region
Justin left his position as a State Intelligence Operations Specialist to pursue a new battlefront – our future – representing Connecticut’s 33rd Senate District.
CIVILIAN CAREER
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20 years as a correctional officer in a maximum security prison (retired 2013)
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7 years on the Correctional Special Operations Group as a facilities hostage rescue team member and transportation team member for high risk inmates
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Current member on the Planning and Zoning Commission of East Haddam, CT.
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Military Liaison Officer to the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (Region 1 Office); ensuring commercial and federal stocks of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are distributed through the regional emergency regions to the local municipalities
