New York Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Christopher Cronin, a Victor resident, retired after 35 years of military service on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Cronin, who commissioned in the Army as an Infantry officer upon graduating from Syracuse University in...

New York Army National Guard Col. Matthew Kilgore, a Cornwall resident, assumed command of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which is headquartered in Syracuse, during a Sunday June 14 ceremony at his alma mater, the United States Military Academy...

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Jonathan Cross, a Lakeview resident, is now the top enlisted leader for more than 4,000 Soldiers of the Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Cross assumed responsibility as new top enlisted leader ...

New York Army National Guard Col. Matthew Kilgore, a Cornwall resident, assumed command of the 4,000 Soldiers of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during a Sunday June 14 ceremony at his alma mater, the United States Military Academy at West Point,...

New York Air National Guard Major Gemma Fiduk, an East Windsor, New Jersey resident, assumed command of the 105th Airlift Wing's Civil Engineer Squadron during a June 7 ceremony at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York. Fiduk replaced ...

A 17-year-old Fayetteville Manlius High School junior helped the New York National Guard mark the Army's 251st birthday during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham on Friday, June 12. London Brown, a Fayetteville resident who ...

A 60-year-old Army Guard warrant officer with 40 years of service, and a 17-year-old high school junior who enlisted in April, celebrated the Army's 251st birthday during a June 12, 2026, cake-cutting ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in...

Three New York Air Guardsmen assigned to the Eastern Air Defense Sector spent June 5 tackling an 80-mile bike ride to support the Mohawk Valley Chapter of The Ride for Missing Children. The organization works to raise awareness about child exploitatio...

Lt. Col. Kip Trausch, a Liverpool resident, officially became the commander of the New York Air National Guard's 224th Air Defense Squadron on May 26 during a ceremony at the Eastern Air Defense Sector. Col. Joseph J. Miller Jr., commander of the 224t...

Lt. Col. Michael S. Rutigliano, a resident of Melville, New York, concluded his 30-year career assigned to the New York Air National Guard, 106th Rescue Wing, at a retirement ceremony on base in Westhampton Beach, New York, June 6, 2026. A command pil...