New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Gary Barney, a Fairport resident and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, turned over command of the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment during a Dec. 14 ceremony at the unit's headquarters at Niagara Fa...

Rotterdam resident Michele VanNess received a promotion to the rank of master sergeant in the New York Army National Guard during a ceremony held at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters on December 22, 2025. She was promo...

Nine New York Air Guard Airmen and two New York Army Guard noncommissioned Soldiers were among 40 military personnel who turned out for the annual Wreaths Across America remembrance ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schu...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Joseph Moeller, a Corinth resident and Afghan War veteran, took command of the Army Guard's 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment during a ceremony held Dec. 14 at the unit's Niagara Falls headquarters. Moeller rep...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command defends the North American airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and includes the New York Air Guardsman of the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, New York. On Dec. 24, NORAD will ad...

David Ressler, a Clifton Park resident and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major in the New York Army National Guard. Ressler, who enlisted in the New York Army National Guard in 2004, was promoted during...

Members of the New York National Guard who served on State Active Duty in New York City following the destruction of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, can now register for the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs World Trade Center Be...

Charles Ackley, a 1996 graduate of Towanda High School whose parents still live in Sayre, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a Dec. 12, 2025, ceremony at New York Army National Guard headquarters i...

Manorville resident Charles Ackley was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a Dec. 12, 2025 ceremony at New York Army National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York. Ackley, who is currently serving as...

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Morgan Cady, a Boonville resident and Iraq war veteran, became the senior enlisted leader of the Guard's 153rd Troop Command Brigade during a ceremony in Buffalo's historic Connecticut Street Armory on Sa...