Angelo E. Gelster, a Cheektowaga resident currently deployed to Germany to support Ukrainian military training, was promoted to staff sergeant in the New York Army National Guard on February 20, 2023, standing on top of an M1A2 Abrams tank. Gelster, w...

A Herndon, Virginia resident who serves in the New York Air National Guard is in the running to be named the Airman of the Year for the 100,000-member Air National Guard. Senior Airman Dhruva Poluru was named Airman of the Year for the 5,880- member N...

A young Airman assigned to Rome's 222nd Command and Control Squadron, who tracks the orbits of American satellites and those of other nations to ensure the security of U.S. space systems, has been named Airman of the Year for 2023 by the New York Air N...

A young Airman assigned to Rome's 222nd Command and Control Squadron, who tracks the orbits of American satellites and those of other nations to ensure the security of U.S. space systems, has been named Airman of the Year for 2023 by the New York Air N...

Tech. Sgt. Jarrod Becker, a Rome resident, who serves in the Eastern Air Defense Sector's 224th Air Defense Squadron, has been named the 5,880-member New York Air National Guard's Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for 2023. Becker serves as a weapo...

Two members of the 105th Airlift Wing, based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, have been named Airmen of the Year by the 5,880-member New York Air National Guard. Senior Master Sgt Renea Turner, a Middletown resident was selected as Firs...

New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Justin Phillips, a Liverpool resident and a member of the 174th Attack Wing, has been named Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for the 5,800-member New York Air National Guard He was selected for the to...

For the second year in a row, the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing has been awarded the U.S. Air Force's Meritorious Unit Award for its accomplishments in combat support throughout 2021. The Meritorious Unit Award recognizes Air and Sp...

Cincinnatus resident Thomas Mulhern, a sergeant in the New York Army National Guard, will be one of two combat medics representing the 340,000- member Army National Guard at the Army's annual best medic Competition. Mulhern, and Sgt. Klayton McCallum,...

Douglas Brock, the pastor of the Straits Corners Baptist Church from 1999 to 2021, and who serves as the state chaplain for the New York National Guard, was promoted to the rank of colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a ceremony on Friday...