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Clifton Park resident Nakia Dukes promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the New York Army National Guard
LATHAM, N.Y. - A New York Army National Guard Soldier who began his military career as an enlisted Marine has achieved a higher warrant-officer rank. Nakia Dukes, of Clifton Park, N.Y., was promoted to the rank of chief warrant officer 3 i...
May 15, 2017, 10:21am EDT
New York National Guard Soldier Completes 26-Mile Bataan Memorial Death March
For the third year in a row, a New York Army National Guard Soldier and Iraq war veteran completed the 26-mile Bataan Memorial Death March across the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico March 19. Sgt. 1st Class Walter Mesh...
May 5, 2017, 2:36pm EDT
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