New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Eric Fritz, a Webster resident, assumed command of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, during a May 17, 2025, ceremony at the Army aviation facility at Albany International Airport. The battalio...

A former Army Military Police Soldier received a long-delayed Purple Heart from the New York Army National Guard's 153rd Troop Command during a May 17 ceremony at Buffalo's Connecticut Street Army. Col. William Snyder, the 153rd's executive officer, p...

The New York Army National Guard presented former U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Oaks, a Greenville resident , with a long- delayed Purple Heart on Saturday, May 17, during a ceremony at Buffalo's Connecticut Street Army. Oaks, who graduated from Bradford Area...

New York Army National Guard Master Sgt. Michael Schin, a Ballston Spa resident, marked his retirement from the military after more than four decades of service, with a May 16 ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Schin, who enli...

Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers received the Purple Heart-the award given to military members wounded in action-during a May 10, 2025, ceremony at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, New York. The ten Soldiers were injure...

Michael C. Costello, a Guilderland resident, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a May 14, 2024, promotion ceremony at the New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, N.Y. Army National Guard Col. Patrick ...

Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields, the adjutant general of New York, welcomed a French diplomat to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe during a May 8 ceremony. Shields welcomed Deputy Counsel General Myriam Gil to the New York State...

Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers who were injured during a January 28, 2024, attack on a U.S. base in Jordan will receive the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor on Saturday, May 10. Member...

The New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, and the U.S. relationship with France, during a special two-hour program on Thursday. May 8. The program, which begins at 3 p.m...

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Javier Lugo, a Yonkers resident, is now the top enlisted leader for the 2,000 Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, the famed Harlem Hellfighters. Lugo took on his new duties during an April 27 cere...