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Army National Guard Recruiters on hand for Erie County Fair, August 10-21
Visitors to the Erie County Fair will be able to learn about opportunities in the New York Army National Guard and check out a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter by stopping by the recruiting station which will be set up at the fairgrounds during the run of t...
Aug 10, 2022, 2:40pm EDT
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New York National Guard conducts symbolic groundbreaking for new headquarters entryway on Thursday, August 11
The New York National Guard will hold a symbolic groundbreaking to launch a $3.7 million project to design a new entryway for the 36-year-old headquarters building in Latham. WHO: Army Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the Adjutant General of New York, retired A...
Aug 9, 2022, 10:00am EDT
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NY Air Guard Master Sgt. Terra Martin, a Clifton Park resident, named Air National Guard Honor Guard Manager of the Year for 2021
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Terra Martin, a Clifton Park resident, and a member of the 109th Airlift Wing, has been named Air National Guard Honor Guard Manager of the Year for 2021. The honor guard provides military funerals for veterans ...
Aug 8, 2022, 2:00pm EDT
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NY Air National Guard Master Sgt. Matthew King, a Berlin Resident, is named Air Guard Honor Guard Member of the Year
Master Sgt. Matthew King, a Berlin resident, and a member of the 109th Airlift Wing at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, was awarded the 2021 Air National Guard Honor Guard Member of the Year recently. King has been a member of the 109th Ai...
Aug 8, 2022, 10:00am EDT
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Time capsule hidden in NY National Guard Harlem Armory cornerstone, reveals 99-year old snapshot of Guard history
The replacement of a 99-year-old granite cornerstone plaque of the New York National Guard's Harlem Armory drill floor, exposed a mystery when contractors found a sealed copper box inside the stone on Feb. 19, 2022. The contents of the box were shared...
Aug 4, 2022, 12:00pm EDT
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Dennis Kavanagh, a Ballston Spa resident, retires as New York National Guard federal civilian employee after 15 years
Dennis Kavanagh, a Balston Spa resident, retired from the New York National Guard for a second time on Thursday, July 28. Kavanagh, who retired from the New York Army National Guard as a colonel in 1999, has worked as both a state and federal civilian...
Aug 2, 2022, 11:00am EDT
NY State Military Museum reveals contents of Harlem Armory "time capsule" during August 4 media availability
The contents of a time capsule found at the New York National Guard's historic Harlem Armory, which was built for the famous "Harlem Hell Fighters" in 1921-24, will be made available for review by reporters at the New York State Military Museum on Thur...
Aug 1, 2022, 12:00pm EDT
Painting commemorates 106th Rescue Wing 2017 mission to save crewmen on ship in mid-Atlantic
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, New York--The 36-inch by 48-inch oil painting by New Jersey artist Todd L.W. Doney, named "Tamar Rescue Mission," has a lot going on. Through an open aircraft rear door, the viewer sees figures with swim fins and parachutes, leaping...
Aug 1, 2022, 10:00am EDT
Cutchogue resident Glyn Weir promoted to Colonel in the New York Air National Guard
Glyn Weir, a Cutchogue resident, was promoted to colonel in the New York Air National Guard during a June 14 ceremony at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base. Weir, a Combat Rescue Officer, which is a Special Warfare Officer career field in the Unite...
Aug 1, 2022, 9:00am EDT
NY Army Guard helicopters will conduct fire fighting training over Round Lake on Tuesday, July 26.
New York Army National Guard helicopter crews, flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters based at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Albany International Airport in Latham, will be conducting wildfire fighting training at Round Lake on Tuesday, July 26. ...
Jul 25, 2022, 6:00am EDT