New York Army National Guard Major Corey Root, a human resources staff officer with the 53rd Troop Command, and a New Windsor resident, was promoted during a ceremony at the Camp Smith Training Site on April 17, 2026. Root, who serves in the command's...

A Ballston Lake resident who served for 38 years in the Army National Guard, was recognized during a retirement ceremony on April 21, 2026, at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Lt. Col. Dage McNitt, who was commissioned through the Reser...

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point will be conducting training at the New York National Guard's Camp Smith Training Site over the weekend from Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19. The cadets will be firing on the camp's rang...

New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Derek Tucker, a Corning resident, was one of two winners of the New York Army National Guard's statewide Best Warrior Competition on March 23. Tucker, a member of Buffalo's 105th Military Police Company, won in ...

New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 107th Attack Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will team up with New York Army Guard aviators based in Rochester for an exercise this weekend in Youngstown. Two CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters ...

New York National Guard Specialist Trevor Lock, a Lockport resident, is one of the two winners in the New York Army National Guard's Best Warrior Contest. Lock, a member of the Buffalo-based 105th Military Police Company, was the winner in the juni...

New York Army National Guard Col. John Sandefur, a Gansevoort resident who retired after a 36-year Army career, was saluted during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham on April 2. Sandefur, whose last assignment was at the Nati...

Two Airmen assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing's Base Defense Squadron recently completed the Air National Guard's 16-day Cold Weather Operations Course, or CWOC, a program designed to prepare Airmen for operations in subzero environments. Tech Sgt. Ke...

Capt. Anton Andriyanov, a Clifton Park resident assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, has been named the New York Air Guard's Company Grade Officer of the Year. He was recognized for exceptional leadership, mission executio...

The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing concluded its 38th year supporting American scientific research in Antarctica during the 2025-2026 Operation Deep Freeze season, March 11, 2026. The 109th Airlift Wing deployed 200 Airmen and thre...