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U.S. Army Sgt. Jhustin Welch, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist assigned to the 11th Civil Support Team, Maine Army National Guard, completes the 12-mile ruck march portion of the Region 1 Best Warrior Competition at West Point, N.Y., May 19, 2018. The Region 1 Best Warrior Competition, held May 16-19, 2018, is an annual event in which junior enlisted Soldiers and noncommissioned officers (NCOs) from eight Northeastern states compete in several events intended to test their military skills and knowledge, as well as their physical fitness and endurance. The two winners (one junior enlisted and one NCO) will go on to compete at the national level against Soldiers representing the 54 states and territories. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Amouris Coss)

Maine Army National Guard Sgt. Jhustin Welch, a Hartland resident, competes at regional Best Warrior event

Maine Army National Guard Sgt. Jhustin Welch, a Hartland resident, was one of 14 National Guard Soldiers who took part in the Northeast Region Best Warrior competition held May 16-19 at the New York National Guard's training camp near Peekskill, N.Y. ...
May 23, 2018, 1:00pm EDT
Spc. Nicholas Bourget, a human resources specialist, assigned to the 488th Military Police Company, Maine Army National Guard, completes the 12-mile ruck march portion of the Region 1 Best Warrior Competition at West Point, N.Y., May 19, 2018. The Region 1 Best Warrior Competition, held May 16-19, 2018, is an annual event in which junior enlisted Soldiers and noncommissioned officers (NCOs) from eight Northeastern states compete in several events intended to test their military skills and knowledge, as well as their physical fitness and endurance. The two winners (one junior enlisted and one NCO) will go on to compete at the national level against Soldiers representing the 54 states and territories. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Amouris Coss)

Maine Army National Guard Specialist Nicholas Bourget, an Auburn resident, competes at regional Best Warrior event

Camp Smith Training Site, N.Y. (05/22/2018) - Maine Army National Guard Specialist Nicholas Bourget, an Auburn resident, was one of 14 National Guard Soldiers who took part in the Northeast Region Best Warrior competition held May 16-19 at the New York...
May 23, 2018, 1:00pm EDT
U.S. Army Soldiers stand on a typical company street at Camp Syracuse, N.Y., in 1918. The camp provided training to new recruits and National Guard Citizen Soldiers in America’s mobilization for World War I. Camp Syracuse, located on a portion of the New York state fairgrounds, processed more than 40,000 Soldiers for the war effort. Photo courtesy the Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection.

New York State fairgrounds hosted Soldiers mobilizing for World War I as "Camp Syracuse"

New York's State Fairgrounds, some four miles outside of Syracuse, are 3,587 miles away from the trenches that cut across France during World War I, but in 1917 and 1918, the grounds were part of America's war on the German Empire. In May of 1917, t...
May 23, 2018, 1:00pm EDT
New York Army National Guard Spc. Ilya Titov, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1-69th Infantry Regiment, completes the 12-mile ruck march portion of the Region 1 Best Warrior Competition at West Point, N.Y., May 19, 2018. Titov won the junior enlisted category of the competition and will represent the northeast in the Army National Guard competition at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, 22-27 July.

NY Army National Guard Spec. Ilya Titov, a Rockaway Park resident, will participate in national Best Warrior event in July

New York Army National Guard Specialist Illya Titov, a Rockaway Park resident, will be competing to be the top junior enlisted Soldier in the 340,000- member Army National Guard in July at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Titov, a member of Alpha ...
May 22, 2018, 2:00pm EDT
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New York Army National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, a signal support specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 1-69th Infantry Regiment, completes the 12-mile ruck march portion of the Region 1 Best Warrior Competition at West Point, N.Y., May 19, 2018. Davis was the winner of the northeast regional competition in the non-commissioned officer category and will not compete against other Soldiers from across the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Amouris Coss)

NY Army National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, an Astoria resident and Troy, N.Y. native, to compete in Army National Guard Best Warrior event

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, an Astoria, Queens's resident and a native of Troy, N.Y will be competing to be one of the top non-commissioned officers in the 340,000- member Army National Guard in July at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsyl...
May 22, 2018, 2:00pm EDT
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Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Brendan Hoffman is congratulated by the Hofstra ROTC Professor of Military Science Lt. Col. Jeremy Lingenfelsen. Hoffman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Hofstra University, and commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer in the New York Army National Guard. He will be assigned to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment as a Fire Support Officer.

New York Army National Guard welcomes three new officers to its ranks

The New York Army National Guard welcomed three of its newest officers during the ROTC commissioning ceremony at Hofstra University May 18th, 2018. The three lieutenants were among seven cadets of the Hofstra University Reserve Officer Training Corp...
May 21, 2018, 3:04pm EDT
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New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Aletha Camack gets her new stripes from her son Nicolas Della Rocco, while her husband Chas Camack ( right) and daughters Emily Della Rocco and Kacie Wilday look on, during a promotion ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters on May 11, 2018. ( U.S.Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Willie Gizara)

Niskayuna resident Aletha Camack promoted to Senior Master Sergeant in the New York Air National Guard

Niskayuna resident Aletha Camack was promoted to Senior Master Sergeant in the New York Air National Guard during a May 11, promotion ceremony at Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters. Camack serves as a human resources specialist in t...
May 14, 2018, 1:38pm EDT
Sgt. Quentin Davis, a signal support systems specialist assigned to the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard and winner of the New York Army National Guard Best Warrior contest in the NCO category, competes in the 12-mile Road March portion of the state-level Best Warrior Competition in Arvin Gym at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Davis)

New York National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, a Troy native wins New York Army National Guard Best Warrior competition

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, who is originally from Troy and now lives in Astoria, Queens has been named the New York Army National Guard's top non-commissioned officer for 2018. Davis, a signal support systems specialists in the...
May 14, 2018, 11:34am EDT
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Sgt. Quentin Davis, a signal support systems specialist assigned to the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard and winner of the New York Army National Guard Best Warrior contest in the NCO category, competes in the 12-mile Road March portion of the state-level Best Warrior Competition in Arvin Gym at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2018. ( U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Davis)

New York National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, an Astoria, Queens resident, wins Best Warrior competition

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Quentin Davis, an Astoria, Queens's resident and a member of the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, has been named the New York Army National Guard's top non-commissioned officer for 2018. Davis, a signal support systems ...
May 14, 2018, 11:22am EDT
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Spc. Ilya Titov, an infantryman assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard (NYARNG), and the winner of the junior enlisted category in the NYARNG Best Warrior contest, competes in the 12-mile Road March portion of the state-level Best Warrior Competition at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2018.

NY Army National Guard Specialist Ilya Titov, a Rockaway Park resident, is Best Warrior in NY National Guard enlisted ranks

New York Army National Guard Specialist Illya Titov, a Rockaway Park resident, has been named the top junior enlisted Soldier in the 10,000- member New York Army National Guard. Titov, a member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, was awa...
May 11, 2018, 2:36pm EDT
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