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Staten Island National Guard Soldier completes 26-mile Bataan Memorial Death March
A New York Army National Guard Soldier and Iraq war veteran has completed the 26-mile Bataan Memorial Death March across the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on March 19, 2017. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michelle Roxby, of...
May 5, 2017, 2:36pm EDT
New York National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division Holds Change of Command Ceremony
New York Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Steven Ferrari, a veteran of the Iraq War, takes command of the 42nd Infantry Division, Saturday May 6 during a ceremony at the Empire State Plaza. Ferrari, a one-star general, had been serving as Assistant Divis...
May 5, 2017, 1:48pm EDT
57th Annual WNY Armed Forces Week
The 57th Annual Western New York Armed Forces Week celebrations will be held May 7-13, 2017. The week-long festivities will be hosted this year by the United States Air Force in tribute to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. Profits...
Apr 19, 2017, 4:17pm EDT
109th Airlift Wing base publication wins award in Air National Guard media competition
The official publication of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing was picked as the best base or wing publication in the Air National Guard during media competition judging which took place in March. Judges at the National Guard Burea...
Apr 13, 2017, 9:40am EDT
NY Air National Guard videographer Airman Jamie Spaulding, a Ballston Spa resident, recognized in media competition
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Jamie Spaulding, a Ballston Spa resident, has been named best New Videographer of the Year in the Air National Guard by the National Guard Bureau Public Affairs Office. Spaulding, a broadcast communications...
Apr 12, 2017, 1:02pm EDT
NY National Guard Photojournalist is Army's Military Photographer of the Year
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Harley Jelis, a New Milford, Conn. resident, has been named the United States' Army's Military Photographer of the Year. Jelis, who is assigned to the 138th Public Affairs Detachment at Camp Smith Training Site in C...
Apr 12, 2017, 8:00am EDT
NY Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell wins awards for writing, photography in National Guard media contest
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell, a Lockport resident, and a photojournalist assigned to the 107th Attack Wing, was named the 2016 Best New Photographer of the Year and New Writer of the Year in the Air National Guard media competi...
Apr 12, 2017, 8:00am EDT
NY Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Michael Davis wins National Guard Public Affairs recognition for photography
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Michael Davis, a Cornwall resident and a military photojournalist, has received an award for his work from the National Guard Bureau Public Affairs Office. Davis was awarded second place in the portrait photog...
Apr 7, 2017, 10:15am EDT
Queensbury resident Matthew Starr promoted to Warrant Officer 2 in New York Army National Guard
Matthew Starr, a Queensbury resident and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan has been promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the New York Army National Guard. Warrant Officers are specialists in technical, intelligence, and personnel fields who are ...
Apr 6, 2017, 3:21pm EDT
Julius Forde competes in New York National Guard's Best Warrior event
The best Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard recently completed the state's Best Warrior Competition March 30 to April 1 at the Camp Smith Training Site near Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Nine Soldiers, nominated from across the commands of the New...
Apr 3, 2017, 3:37pm EDT