A Clifton Park resident who is a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will take charge of New York City's famous "Fighting 69th" Infantry on October 24, 2021. Lt. Col. Shawn Tabankin takes over the 800-Soldier 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, from...

Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Joseph Biehler, a veteran of deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait, will take command of the New York National Guard's 53rd Troop Command at its Camp Smith headquarters on Sunday, October 17. Members of the media ...

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Alexander Sonneville, a Webster resident, is one of the first four New York National Guard Soldiers to earn the U.S. Army's newest skills badge. Sonneville and three other Soldiers were awarded the Expert Soldier Badg...

New York Army National Guard Specialist Nicholas Weber, a Cicero resident, is one of the first four New York National Guard Soldiers to earn the U.S. Army's newest skills badge. Weber and three other Soldiers were awarded the Expert Soldier Badge on O...

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 Specialist William Neumeister, who until recently was a Latham resident, was one of four New York Army National Guard Soldiers who earned a new Army skill badge on October 1, at Fort Drum. Neumeister was awarded the Expert...

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...