The New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs has honored two Department of Correctional and Community Services for the work they did helping the New York National Guard ramp up for the 2025 correction officers' strike. DOCCS colonel Natha...

The New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing, based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, has announced the five enlisted Airmen who won the wing's 2025 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards. The Airmen recognized come from Spring Va...

A massive painting memorializing Benedict Arnold's heroism at the 1777 Battle of Saratoga was unrolled for the first time since 2013 at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs on Friday, January 16, 2026. The painting, "Benedict Arnold ...

The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing, headquartered at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, is seeking community input as it revalidates its Community Involvement Plan (CIP). The CIP update supports the unit's efforts to engage with a...

New York Army National Guard Col Jason Lefton, a Niskayuna resident, assumed command of the 5,100 Soldiers of the 53rd Troop Command during a Sunday, January 11, 2026 ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill. Lefton, who previously commande...

An Air Guard officer who started as an enlisted Airman, and served in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the New York Air National Guard during a Friday, January 9, ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham....

New York Army National Guard Col. Jason Lefton, an Iraq War veteran and Niskayuna resident, will take command of the Guard's 53rd Troop Command on January 11, 2025, during a ceremony at Camp Smith, the New York National Guard's training site near Peeks...

New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Gary Charlton II, a Loudonville resident, will be promoted to the two-star major general rank and become the commander of the 5,800- member New York Air National Guard on Friday, January 9, 2026. Charlton will re...

The New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nation's 13th president, Jan. 7, as the wing's Mission Support Group deputy commander laid a wreath at his gravesite in Buffalo. Lt. Col. Andrew Rodgers, of Buffalo NY, ...

New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral honors at 6,166 graveside services in 2025. The 69 Soldiers who serve in the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard conducted 5,051 military funerals during the year. Meanwhile, ...