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Calera resident takes command of New York Air National Guard medical group
NIAGARA FALLS N.Y.- Lt. Col. Rhonda M. Ellison, a Calera, Alabama resident, was sworn in as the Medical Group commander for the New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing on January 11, 2025. The wing, which operates the MQ-9 Reaper, remotely pil...
Feb 21, 2025, 1:59pm EST

Free Saturday, March 1 talk at New York State Military Museum will discuss weird and revolutionary weapons of the Civil War
Patrick Chaisson, a retired Army officer, Schenectady resident, and magazine writer, will speakabout "Strange, Unusual and Innovative Weapons of the U.S. Civil War" during a free talk onSaturday, March 1, at the New York State Military Museum in Sarato...
Feb 21, 2025, 12:38pm EST

Troy-based 42nd Infantry Division headquarters completes major computerized command post exercise
Six hundred New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to the headquarters of the 42nd Infantry Division, who drill at the Troy Armory, completed a major command post exercise known as Warfighter on February 6. The eight-day exercise conducted at Fort...
Feb 13, 2025, 12:21pm EST
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Niskayuna Resident Returns to Full-Time Duty to Support Air National Guard Recruitment
New York Air National Guard Lt. Col. Cooper Steele, a Niskayuna resident, has volunteered to temporarily return to full time duty with the New York Air National Guard. Steele returned to duty on January 1, 2025. Steele now serves as the lead officer f...
Feb 13, 2025, 12:00pm EST

New York National Guard Soldier Selected for Army Esports Tournament
LATHAM, N.Y. -- New York Army National Guard Spc. Marcus Wornick, a Seneca Falls native, will be playing Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Army during a four-day video game tournament that kicks off February 14 in San Jose, California. Wornick, a whe...
Feb 11, 2025, 2:50pm EST

Warrensburg Jr./Sr. High School Alumnus enlists in New York Air National Guard
Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general for the state of New York, announced that Warrensburg Jr. /Sr. High School alumnus Dylan Winchell has enlisted in the New York Air National Guard. Winchell has signed up to become a member of the 109...
Feb 4, 2025, 10:10am EST

1,300 New York Guard Soldiers from Capital Region, Syracuse, and New York City to conduct "Warfighter" training in Pennsylvania
More than 1,300 New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the Troy-based 42nd Infantry Division and other units across New York, will head for Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania on January 24 to take part in a massive command post exercise know as War...
Jan 23, 2025, 9:10am EST
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Lt. Col. Dave Berge, a Niskayuna resident and Afghan War veteran, retires after 41 years in Army and Army National Guard
New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Dave Berge, a Niskayuna resident and a veteran of the Afghan War who also served as an Army Ranger, retired from the service after 41 years in the Army during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in L...
Jan 17, 2025, 1:44pm EST

Lt. Col. John Harder, a Nassau resident, takes command of NY Army Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion
Army National Guard Lt. Col. John Harder, a Nassau resident and Iraq War veteran, took command of the New York Army New York Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion during a January 11 ceremony in Saratoga Springs. Harder replaced Lt...
Jan 13, 2025, 2:59pm EST
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Two Airmen from Air Guard's 107th Attack Wing, headquartered in Niagara Falls, receive Space Force Association honors
ORLANDO, Fla. - Two members of the New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing, who work in space operations, were recognized as enlisted service members of the year for 2024 by the Space Force Association during the organization's annual conferenc...
Jan 6, 2025, 11:50am EST