New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Blount, a Liverpool resident, is one of the first four New York National Guard Soldiers to earn the U.S. Army's newest skills badge. Blount and three other Soldiers were awarded the Expert Soldier Badge...

New York Army National Guard Brigadier General Jack James, a resident of Palm Harbor, has been named one of two deputy commanders of the 42nd Infantry Division, a unit responsible for the training of Army National Guard units in New York, New Hampshire...

A Warwick resident who served in Iraq with the New York National Guard in 2005 is the new commander of the New York Guard, the state's volunteer defense force. Peter Riley, a retired Army National Guard colonel, was promoted to a state Brigadier Gener...

New York Air National Guard Technical Sgt. Paul Cange, a Syracuse resident and 14-year veteran of the Air National Guard, is headed to Brazil at the end of September to attend the Brazilian Army's Jungle Warfare Training Center. Cange, a member of the...

New York Army National Guard Corporal Dakoatah Miller, a Cortland resident who finished second in the Army National Guard's nationwide Best Warrior competition in July, is now heading to Brazil to attend the Brazilian Army's world-standard jungle warfa...

A New York Army National Guard Honor Guard will render funeral honors to Korean War Veteran Cpl. Walter Smead as he is laid to rest at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, N.Y. Monday, September 20. WHO: Members of the New ...

The New York Army National Guard field artillery battery based at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in New Windsor, has been named the best in the entire Army National Guard by the U.S. Army Field Artillery School. The Alexander Hamilton Award was pre...

Army National Guard Col. Patrick Macklin, an Iraq War veteran with more than 30 years of military service, retired from service during a ceremony held at the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Latham, N.Y., on September 11, 2021. Macklin, a Wa...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Monique Foster, a Schenectady resident, is retiring from the military after a career that began with her graduation from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1984. Her last assignment was as the commander of t...

Some 160 members of the New York Guard, the state's volunteer state defense force, will conduct their week-long annual training at Camp Smith Training Site here September 12-17. Training will include certification of chainsaw operators for debris clear...