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New York Army National Guard Major General Michel Natali, right, furls his two-star general's flag assisted by Command Sgt. Major Corey Cush, left, and Command Sgt. Major Leylan Jones, foreground, during Natali's retirement ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York, on October 2, 2026. A general officer's flag accompanies him or her to official functions. Furling it symbolizes the end of a career. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Stephanie Butler)

New York Army Guard Major General Michel Natali, a Mechanicville resident, retires after almost 40 years of service

New York Army National Guard Major General Michel Natali, a Mechanicville resident, ended his almost 40-year Army career on Friday, Oct.2 during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Natali, a veteran of the Iraq War, and a 10t...
Oct 2, 2026, 5:12pm EDT
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New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Gary Charlton, the assistant adjutant general air, salutes during the playing of Taps after placing a wreath from the White House at the gravesite of President Chester Arthur, during the wreath laying ceremony at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York on October 6, 2025. Since 1967 military officers have placed a wreath from the current president at the graves of their predecessors on their birthday. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Stephanie Butler)

NY Army National Guard salutes President Chester Arthur during Monday, October 5 ceremony at Albany Rural Cemetery

New York Army National Guard Brigadier General Patrick Clare will honor Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States, with a formal wreath laying on his grave at Albany Rural Cemetery on Monday, October 5, 2026, his 197th birthday. WHO: ...
Oct 2, 2026, 10:00am EDT
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Major General Michel Natali, a Mechanicville resident, retires from New York Army National Guard during ceremony this afternoon, Friday, October 2

New York Army National Guard Major General Michel Natali, a Mechanicville resident, will retire on October 2 after 39 years of service in the Army and Army National Guard. Members of the press are invited to cover his retirement ceremony at New York ...
Oct 2, 2026, 5:00am EDT
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, present a Minute Man statuette to Master Sgt. Dan McCoy, during his retirement ceremony at Normanside Country Club in Delmar, New York on October, 25, 2026. McCoy, who is the Albany County executive in civilian life, retired after 37 years of service. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Eric Durr)

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy retires from New York Army National Guard after 37 years of service

New York Army National Guard Master Sgt. Dan McCoy, the Albany County executive in civilian life, retired from the New York Army National Guard after 37 years of service during a Sept. 25 ceremony. His retirement ceremony at the Normanside Country Clu...
Sep 30, 2026, 10:00am EDT
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Major General Michel Natali, a Mechanicville resident, retires from New York Army National Guard after 39 years during October 2 ceremony

New York Army National Guard Major General Michel Natali, a Mechanicville resident, will retire on October 2 after 39 years of service in the Army and Army National Guard. Members of the press are invited to cover his retirement ceremony at New York ...
Sep 30, 2026, 9:00am EDT
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Naval Militia officers promotions held at New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs on Thursday, October 1

Two New York Naval Militia officers who live in Milton and New York City, respectively, will be promoted at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs on Thursday morning October 1. The New York Naval Militia is the state's 3,200-member st...
Sep 29, 2026, 2:00pm EDT
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New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Pratt poses with the crew who flew his final flight aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from Army Aviation Support Facility #3 at the Albany International Airport in Latham, NY, on September 17, 2026. In March of 2024 Sgt. 1st Class Pratt was involved in a helicopter crash while patrolling the southwest border outside Rio Grande City, Texas. (New York Army National Guard photo by Stephanie Butler)

Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Pratt, NY Army Guard crew chief badly injured in 2024 helicopter crash takes "final flight' with friends

New York Army Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Pratt, a helicopter crew chief who was badly injured in a March 8, 2024, UH-72 Lakota crash on the Texas border, took his "final flight" on Thursday, Sept. 17, to symbolically wrap up his military career. New Y...
Sep 22, 2026, 2:26pm EDT
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A New York Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk dumps water on a target island in the Hudson River south of Schuylerville, New York during water bucket training on Sept. 18, 2026. Aircrews operating out of Army Aviation Support Facility #3 at Albany International Airport in Latham, conducted refresher training on employing 560-gallon Bambi Buckets in aerial firefighting alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Jean Marie Kratzer)

NY Army Guard aviators team up with Forest Rangers for aerial firefighting training on Hudson River

New York Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crews honed their ability to fight wildfires with massive water-filled buckets over the Hudson River north of Albany on Friday\, Sept. 18. Nineteen aviators practiced lifting 560 gallons of wat...
Sep 22, 2026, 2:18pm EDT
A New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew dips a Bambi Bucket into the Hudson River during firefighting training.

New York Army National Guard helicopter crews conducting fire bucket training in Schuylerville area on Friday, Sept. 18

New York Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crews will be conducting water bucket training firefighting training on the Hudson River south of Schuylerville on Friday, Sept. 18. The helicopter crews, which are based at the Albany Inter...
Sep 17, 2026, 3:00pm EDT
Army Special Forces Soldiers, known as Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Danish Special Operations Forces assigned to SIRIUS offload from a LC-130 “skibird” flown by Airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing on Aug. 18, 2026, at Camp Raven, Greenland, as part of Operation Apex Indigo. U.S. Special Operations Command North operates in Greenland alongside Danish counterparts to evaluate basic survival, search and rescue, cold-weather mobility, and communications infrastructure operations in the harshest environment on Earth, ensuring U.S. SOF capability to survive and thrive under any circumstances. The 109th Airlift Wing, which flies  the only ski-equipped aircraft in the U.S. military supported  the mission. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Low) (This photo was altered for security purposes)

New York Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing completes 2026 Greenland training and science support cycle

The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing successfully completed its 2026 Greenland season, supporting joint military operations and qualifying aircrews for polar operations in one of the world's most challenging environments. The Greenland...
Sep 17, 2026, 2:00pm EDT
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New York’s Division of Military and Naval Affairs encompasses all of New York’s Military Forces including the New York Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Naval Militia and New York Guard. Learn more at www.dmna.ny.gov

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